Concept information
Preferred term
digital divide
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]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/digital_divide
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