Information Societies or “ICT Equipment Societies?” Measuring the Digital Information-Processing Capacity of a Society in Bits and Bytes
@article{Hilbert2010InformationSO, title={Information Societies or “ICT Equipment Societies?” Measuring the Digital Information-Processing Capacity of a Society in Bits and Bytes}, author={M. Hilbert and P. L{\'o}pez and C. V{\'a}squez}, journal={The Information Society}, year={2010}, volume={26}, pages={157 - 178} }
The digital divide is conventionally measured in terms of information and communication technology (ICT) equipment diffusion, which comes down to counting the number of computers or phones, among other devices. [...] Key Result This innovative approach toward the quantification of the digital divide leads to numerous new challenges for the research agenda.Expand Abstract
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