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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2004
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2004, Volume: 53, Issue: 4, Pages: 393-406 |
Further subjects: | B
Computers
B Internet B Digital divide B Egalitarianism B Coercion |
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Summary: | 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. |
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ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF03327479 |