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Abstract | ||
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In this article, we explored rural China's digital divide problem from a social structure perspective, especially regarding the practical process and mechanism of the digital divide forming in different village structures. Traditional village and industrialized village represent two types of rural China's social structure, which provide a good case for studying the digital divide between different types of villages. We consider the gap formed in possessing information and communication technologies(ICTs) as the primary divide, and take the gap formed in using ICTs as the secondary divide. Moreover, a "mutual reproduction" effect exists between the divides formed in the course of possessing and using ICTs. Finally we pointed out that cell phones, as a mobile network, may become the first carrier of the integration of the future information technology and an effective agent weapon helps bridging the digital divide. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2009 | 10.1007/978-3-642-02767-3_39 | HCI (14) |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
secondary divide,future information technology,traditional village,digital divide problem,industrialized village,primary divide,rural china,different type,digital divide,different village structure,mobile network,social structure,information technology,information and communication technology | Economic growth,Telecommunications,Digital divide,Information technology,ICTS,China,Bridging (networking),Information and Communications Technology,Cellular network,Business | Conference |
Volume | ISSN | Citations |
5623 | 0302-9743 | 1 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.36 | 1 | 5 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peng Chen | 1 | 1 | 0.36 |
| Jieping Wang | 2 | 14 | 3.41 |
| Zuoxian Si | 3 | 1 | 0.36 |
| Jie Wang | 4 | 271 | 53.08 |
| Ying Liu | 5 | 1417 | 91.19 |