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From Global to Local, Metropolitan to Village A Case for a Definitional and Context-Oriented Approach to Examining the ‘Digital Divide’ (pp. 45-64)

Type of Resource:
Book Chapter

Year of Publication:
2019

Indicators:
- Challenges
- Trends


Themes:
- Internet Access, Affordability And Use


Author(s): Tenford Chitanana

The ubiquitous availability of new media technologies, especially mobile phones, amid unremitting social inequalities has created a new puzzle when it comes to understanding not only the efficacy of digital technologies, but the nexus of technology and societies in sub-Saharan Africa. One of the key phenomena that has emerged from this techno-evolution is the ‘digital divide’, a concept used to describe inequalities brought about by emerging technologies.

URL
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvh4zj72?turn_away=true&Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=e-governance&searchText=in&searchText=africa&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FsearchType%3DfacetSearch%26amp%3Bsd%3D2013%26amp%3Bed%3D2019%26amp%3BQuery%3De-governance%2Bin%2Bafrica&ab_segments=0%2Fdefault-2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=search%3Ac9513a585fa939161368a0b2373f8934

Region of Study:
Africa,

Country of Study:
Africa,

Study Quality
Medium