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Second Order Divide in Internet Usage in Developing Countries: An Overlooked Issue?

Second Order Divide in Internet Usage in Developing Countries: An Overlooked Issue?
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Author(s): Aparna Purushothaman (Aalborg University, Denmark), Lone Dirckinck Holmfeld (Aalborg University – Copenhagen, Denmark)and Moly Kuruvilla (University of Calicut, India)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 14
Source title: Gender and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6912-1.ch003

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Abstract

Internet literacy is crucial to become information literate and for lifelong learning for today's citizens. However, there is an identified gendered digital divide in Internet usage, as the major proportion of unconnected citizens, especially in the developing economies in asian countries are women. The problems of the gender digital divide are not just limited to connectivity and infrastructural issues, literacy and the cost of access, which are often discussed in the literature. The authors identify some of the second order factors that are often overlooked and arise out of cognitive, psychological and social factors leading to the digital divide. The paper also discusses possible measures that could be taken up to address the second order gender digital divide.

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