Jan van Dijk|Kenneth L. Hacker
The Digital Divide as a Complex and Dynamic Phenomenon
University of Twente|New Mexico State University
abstract purpose article propose fruitful analytical framework data supposedly related concept socalled digital divide extent nature divide depend kind access defined considering possession hardware growing divides among different categories income employment education age ethnicity proved existed 1980s 1990s according official american dutch statistics effects saturation gaps less close however shown differential access skills usage likely increase growth usage gap projected multivariate analyses dutch official statistics reveal striking effect age gender compared education usage gap related evolution information network society finally policy perspectives discussed keywords access information technology digital divide digital skills information inequality information society knowledge gap network society policies information equality scurve adoption usage gap usage information technology