Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36364
Notes:
Pages 243-262 in Benjamin M. Compaine (ed.), The digital divide: facing a crisis or creating a myth? MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 357 pages., Author suggests that the digital divide may be disappearing on its own through declining cost, natural acculturation and growing availability. Observes that the lower cost of living in rural areas may more than compensate for having to pay higher rates closer to full cost of telecommunications.
Langa, Zakes (author), Conradie, Pieter (author), and Roberts, Benjamin (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2006-03
Published:
South Africa
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: C25054
Notes:
Retrieved December 9, 2006, Chapter 7 in Udesh Pillay, Benjamin Roberts and Stephen Rule (eds.), South African social attitudes: changing times, diverse voices. Human Sciences Research Council, HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. 400 pages., "the digital divide is likely to remain with us in the medium to long term, thus reinforcing the gap between the included and the excluded." Authors examine the divide and the socio-economic factors related to it.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 180 Document Number: C36211
Notes:
Section 3 in Don Richardson and Lynnita Paisley (eds.), The first mile of connectivity, Communication for Development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. Via online. 15 pages.