Thus, the diffusion of the technology has been highly unequal. .
Other barriers to adoption exist, and these include age, geographic location and ethnicity and may now be more important than the current access issue, thus the current levels of Internet inequality may persevere.
Results from a 2001 study on Internet usage are quite disconcerting. They show:.
• The tertiary educated were almost three times as likely to be Internet users.
• Younger Australians (18-29) were nine times more likely Internet users than those over fifty.
• White-collar workers were between three and eight times as likely to be Internet users.
• A positive linear relationship exists between Internet usage and income level. Those who earn $70,000 or more were three times as likely to use the Internet than those who earn less than $70,000 (Willis & Tranter, 2002).
1.1 Recent Research.
However, despite this common knowledge of a widening digital divide, new research indicating that while the quantity aspect of the digital divide is narrowing, the quality aspect is actually widening (IT matters, 2002). The nature of the divide is shifting from basic to advanced communications, and from quantity to quality. Bandwidth is emerging as new form of the digital divide, and a perfect example would be the 400,000 citizens of Luxembourg share more international Internet bandwidth than Africa's 760 million citizens (IT matters, 2002). This is mirrored within the USA, where almost twice as many urban households had high-speed broadband access (21.2%) compared to rural communities (12.2%) (Dickard, 2002).
2.0 Country Division.
The division at began at the early adoption of the Internet. Higher income earners were able to afford and thus make use of technology and the Internet, thus creating a quantity divide. Fast-forward 8 years, and the cost of computing, hardware and even Internet access has dropped dramatically.
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Because a number of shoppers today are already purchasing products online - and Internet access via digital TV exists, advanced IT skills are definitely required for the future health of the digital TV industry. ... The government has said that before switch-over can happen, 99.4% of the population must be covered by digital transmissions and that 95% of consumers must have access to digital equipment. ... Research shows that while nearly half of Britain plans to convert to digital television within the next three years, 46% of the UK population admitted that they could not differentiate betw...
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