Technological Information Inequality as an Incessantly Moving Target: The Redistribution of Information and Communication Capacities Between 1986 and 2010

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dc.contributor.authorHilbert, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T21:47:27Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T21:47:27Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis article provides first-time empirical evidence that the digital age has first increased and then (only very recently) decreased global, international, and national inequalities of information and communication capacities among and within societies. Previous studies on the digital divide were unable to capture the detected trends appropriately, because they worked with proxies, such as the number of subscriptions or related investments, without considering the vast heterogeneity in informational performance among technological devices. We created a comprehensive data set (based on over 1,100 sources) that allows measuring information capacity directly, in bits per second, bits, and instructions per second. The newly proposed indicators provide insights into inequalities in access to, usage of, and impact of digitized information flows. It shows that the digital divide has gone into a second stage, which is based on a relative universalization of technological devices and a continuously evolving divide in terms of communication capacity.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/asi.23020
dc.identifier.eissn2330-1643
dc.identifier.issn2330-1635
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23020
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/101741
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000335583300016
dc.issue.numero4
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final835
dc.pagina.inicio821
dc.revistaJournal of the association for information science and technology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods04 Quality Education
dc.subject.odspa04 Educación de calidad
dc.titleTechnological Information Inequality as an Incessantly Moving Target: The Redistribution of Information and Communication Capacities Between 1986 and 2010
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen65
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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