Journal article
Comparing digital divides: internet access and social inequality in Canada and the United States
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What is the best way to measure and track the digital divide, in a comparative manner, over time? What impact have differing policy interventions had on the digital divide in Canada and the United States? We offer a way of benchmarking equality in Internet access using Gini coefficients and demonstrate that overall the digital divide has been closing in both countries. We find that in terms of income, the digital divide in Canada has closed most dramatically, and that in terms of education, t...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.22230/cjc.2010v35n1a2192
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- Publisher:
- Canadian Journal of Communication Corporation Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Canadian Journal of Communication Journal website
- Volume:
- 35
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 109-128
- Publication date:
- 2010-01-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2010-01-01
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- ISSN:
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1499-6642
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pubs:631464
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- pubs:631464
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631464
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- Canadian Journal of Communication Corporation
- Copyright date:
- 2010
- Notes:
- This article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/).
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