political communication theory
type: Concept
related: digital divide

arts, media, and technology
type: Concept
related: digital divide

digital divide
related: internet and communities
related: media, sports, and entertainment
related: critical orientations
related: information, media, and communication technology
related: challenges, issues, and controversies
related: technologies
related: arts, media, and technology
related: economics and stratification
related: political communication theory
related: social issues
related: computers and electronic media
related: community, culture, and change
type: Concept
definition: Digital divide is a metaphor for the cleft between people with access to technology and those without. Although the term originated in the mid-1990s to describe differences in technological infrastructure of U.S. schools, it has grown to describe various forms of alienation predicated on class, race, and national identity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Digital Divide]
broader: equality and social stratification

community, culture, and change
type: Concept
related: digital divide

media, sports, and entertainment
type: Concept
related: digital divide

critical orientations
type: Concept
related: digital divide

information, media, and communication technology
type: Concept
related: digital divide

technologies
type: Concept
related: digital divide

social issues
type: Concept
related: digital divide

computers and electronic media
type: Concept
related: digital divide

economics and stratification
type: Concept
related: digital divide

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: digital divide

equality and social stratification
type: Concept
narrower: digital divide

challenges, issues, and controversies
type: Concept
related: digital divide

internet and communities
type: Concept
related: digital divide