The “digital divide” is not a problem in need of rectifying

An oft heard complaint is that there is a digital divide: that some racial, ethnic and gender groupings have more than their fair share of access to computers than others. Commentators who articulate this perspective offer as solutions to this problem the subsidization of such technology for those w...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Block, Walter (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2004
Στο/Στη: Journal of business ethics
Έτος: 2004, Τόμος: 53, Τεύχος: 4, Σελίδες: 393-406
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Computers
B Διαδίκτυο <μοτίβο>
B Digital divide
B Egalitarianism
B Coercion
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Σύνοψη:An oft heard complaint is that there is a digital divide: that some racial, ethnic and gender groupings have more than their fair share of access to computers than others. Commentators who articulate this perspective offer as solutions to this problem the subsidization of such technology for those who are supposedly underprivileged in it. The present paper denies that there is any such problem in need of rectification.
ISSN:1573-0697
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF03327479