Digital Equity: Responding to the Reality of the Digital Divide

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Author(s): Patrick Flanagan (St. John's University, USA)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 10
Source title: Applied Ethics in a Digital World
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes (University of Miami, USA)and Jane Thomason (University College London, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8467-5.ch006

Keywords: Business & Management / Cyber Ethics / Ethics and Social Responsibility / Information Science Reference

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This chapter discusses digital equity through the lens of the digital divide. While the digital divide is as old as information communication technology itself (ICT), the COVID-19 health crisis renewed a strident interest in exposing the significant gap that still exists after close to 30 years. The digital divide then is first contextualized within the coronavirus pandemic to illustrate how inequities came further to the forefront of people's agenda. It then moves to discuss the digital divide defining the complex term and offering critical data to illustrate the areas of the world most impacted by this unfortunate reality. Different organizations and groups have made significant moves to narrow the digital gap. These strategies are discussed next. None of these groups will be fully successful if, as will be argued, they are not concerned with digital equity. Finally, the chapter makes some critical observations on future challenges facing ICT vis-à-vis the digital divide.

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