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- Title: Digital Nation: Toward an Inclusive Information Society (Book Review)
- Author : Federal Communications Law Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 254 KB
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Digital Nation: Toward an Inclusive Information Society, Anthony G. Wilhelm, Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 2004, 184 pages. In the dawn of the information age, technological literacy and access are no longer optional, but are essential. As more routine tasks such as applying for jobs, obtaining general information, and banking and shopping move into cyberspace, those without access are finding themselves marginalized, on the outside looking in. The "Digital Divide" refers to the increasingly disparate access to, knowledge of, and use of technology in this country that is a function of race or ethnic group, physical disability, income, education, gender, household composition, age, and location. Simply stated, the Digital Divide is the gap between those who can effectively use communication and information tools such as the Internet and those who cannot. Without question, technological literacy has taken its seat at the table with the three R's (1) as an essential skill for successfully navigating society in the twenty-first century. The remaining question is: Will all citizens benefit from the information society, or only a select few?
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