Type of Resource:
Book Chapter

Year of Publication:
2019

Indicators:
- Solutions or Strategies
- Trends


Themes:
- Internet Access, Affordability And Use

Author(s): Lyton Ncube

The concept ‘digital divide’ has received significant attention in media and communication studies in the Web 2.0 era, making it so difficult to offer any new critical reflection. The term digital divide refers to inequality in access to information and communication technology (ICT) (Norris, 2001). Critical components under the ‘digital divide’ topic include ‘digital participation’ and ‘digital participation divide’ (Morales et al., 2016). Digital participation refers to the use of the Internet to produce cultural goods that are subsequently shared on a global scale (Morales et al., 2016).

URL
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvh4zj72?turn_away=true&Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=broadband&searchText=access&searchText=in&searchText=africa&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dbroadband%2Baccess%2Bin%2Bafrica%26amp%3Bsd%3D2013%26amp%3BsearchType%3DfacetSearch%26amp%3Bpagemark%3DcGFnZU1hcms9Mw%253D%253D%26amp%3Bed%3D2019&ab_segments=0%2Fdefault-2%2Fcontrol

Region of Study:
South Africa,

Country of Study:
Zimbabwe,

Study Quality
Medium