Since an increasing number of daily activities are carried out online, an exclusion or limited
access to the Internet prevent citizens from entering a world full of opportunities that cannot …

Children from low-income backgrounds consistently perform below their more advantaged
peers on standardized measures of language ability, setting long-term trajectories that …

Contrary to optimistic visions of a free internet for all, the problem of the 'digital divide'–the
disparity between those with access to internet technology and those without–has persisted …

Digital systems are significantly associated with inequality in the global South. That
association has traditionally been understood in terms of the digital divide or related …

Abstract Information and communication technology (ICT) is a key driver of urbanization but
can also create the digital divide that hinders urbanization. The study aims to explore the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has disordered the educational process across the globe, as
schools suddenly had to provide their teaching in an online environment. One question that …

Drawing on the thought of Max Weber, in particular his theory of stratification, this book
engages with the question of whether the digital divide simply extends traditional forms of …

This article develops a Digital Capital Index by adopting the definition provided by
Ragnedda, who defines Digital Capital as the accumulation of digital competencies and …

2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the “digital divide.” Although a quarter century has
passed, legacy digital inequalities continue, and emergent digital inequalities are …

It is now well documented that the experience of migration has undergone a radical
transformation in recent decades, notably with the emergence of transnational modes of …