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What is the digital divide? -- Research and theory of the digital divide -- Motivation and attitude -- Physical access -- Digital and 21st-century skills usage inequality -- Outcomes -- Social and digital inequality -- Solutions to soften the digital divide.

The Deepening Divide: Inequality in the Information Society explains why the digital divide is still widening and, in advanced high-tech societies, deepening. Taken from an international perspective, the book offers full coverage of the literature and research and a theoretical framework from which to analyze and approach the issue. Where most books on the digital divide only describe and analyze the issue, Jan van Dijk presents 26 policy perspectives and instruments designed to close the divide itself

Cover -- Title page -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Cited legislation -- 1 The opinion -- 1.1 Introduction -- terminology -- 2 The opinion giver's duty of care -- 2.1 Applicable law -- choice of law and choice of forum -- 2.2 The duty of care under Dutch law -- 2.3 Broad outline of the duty of care -- 2.4 Broad outline of the content of the duty of care - customary opinionpractice -- 2.5 The scope of the opinion -- 2.6 Task - legal and fact-finding research, forming an opinion, documentation -- 2.7 Task 1 Legal and fact-finding research -- 2.8 Task 2: Forming an opinion

Digital Skills systematically discusses the skills or literacies needed in the use of digital media, primarily computers and the Internet. Following the work of van Dijk's The Deepening Divide: Inequality in the Information Society, it uses conceptual analysis and empirical observations to show what digital skills are, how they are distributed, how skill inequalities develop, and how these inequalities can be remedied by designers, educators, policymakers, and different types of Internet users.

Network properties and democracy -- Political participation and inclusion -- The reconstruction of public space in democracy -- Digital media and networking opportunities for depolarizing political discourse co-authored / by Ben Mollov, Bar-Ilan University, Israel -- From Arab spring to winter -- Making sense of China and digital democracy -- E-government and democracy