Digital divide : [electronic resource] civic engagement information poverty and the Internet worldwide /
Norris, Pippa
Digital divide : civic engagement information poverty and the Internet worldwide / [electronic resource] Pippa Norris - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001 - 1 online resource (xv, 303 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) - Communication, society and politics . - Communication, society and politics. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
The digital divide -- Understanding the digital divide -- Wired world -- Social inequalities -- Theories of digital democracy -- e-governance -- Online parliaments -- Virtual parties -- Civic society -- Cyberculture -- Civic engagement -- Conclusions : promoting e-democracy
There is widespread concern that the growth of the Internet is exacerbating inequalities between the information rich and poor. Digital Divide examines access and use of the Internet in 179 nations world-wide. A global divide is evident between industrialized and developing societies. A social divide is apparent between rich and poor within each nation. Within the online community, evidence for a democratic divide is emerging between those who do and do not use Internet resources to engage and participate in public life. Part I outlines the theoretical debate between cyber-optimists who see the Internet as the great leveler. Part II examines the virtual political system and the way that representative institutions have responded to new opportunities on the Internet. Part III analyzes how the public has responded to these opportunities in Europe and the United States and develops the civic engagement model to explain patterns of participation via the Internet.
9781139164887 (E-book)
DIGITAL DIVIDE
INTERNET--POLITICAL ASPECTS
INTERNET--SOCIAL ASPECTS
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION--COMPUTER NETWORK RESOURCES
HN 49.I56 / N67D 2001
Digital divide : civic engagement information poverty and the Internet worldwide / [electronic resource] Pippa Norris - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001 - 1 online resource (xv, 303 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) - Communication, society and politics . - Communication, society and politics. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
The digital divide -- Understanding the digital divide -- Wired world -- Social inequalities -- Theories of digital democracy -- e-governance -- Online parliaments -- Virtual parties -- Civic society -- Cyberculture -- Civic engagement -- Conclusions : promoting e-democracy
There is widespread concern that the growth of the Internet is exacerbating inequalities between the information rich and poor. Digital Divide examines access and use of the Internet in 179 nations world-wide. A global divide is evident between industrialized and developing societies. A social divide is apparent between rich and poor within each nation. Within the online community, evidence for a democratic divide is emerging between those who do and do not use Internet resources to engage and participate in public life. Part I outlines the theoretical debate between cyber-optimists who see the Internet as the great leveler. Part II examines the virtual political system and the way that representative institutions have responded to new opportunities on the Internet. Part III analyzes how the public has responded to these opportunities in Europe and the United States and develops the civic engagement model to explain patterns of participation via the Internet.
9781139164887 (E-book)
DIGITAL DIVIDE
INTERNET--POLITICAL ASPECTS
INTERNET--SOCIAL ASPECTS
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION--COMPUTER NETWORK RESOURCES
HN 49.I56 / N67D 2001