Same access, different uses, and the persistent digital divide between urban and rural users

Sora PARK; Gwang Kim

Same access, different uses, and the persistent digital divide between urban and rural users

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Abstract

While the provision of infrastructure has largely been successful in South Korea, the divergent uses after getting access to the networks have resulted in a new type of digital exclusion. The Korean government has implemented digital inclusion policies for several decades and the access gap has narrowed significantly. However, gaps in user skills and quality of uses persist particularly between urban and rural residents. This study explores how access, usage, and the perceptions of urban and rural Internet users differ in a highly digitalized country, with an attempt to identify new types of rural digital exclusion

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TPRC 43: The 43rd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy Paper 2015
Place of Publication	Online
Publisher	SSRN
Pages	1-23
Number of pages	23
Volume	1
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	The 43rd Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy - Washington, Washington DC, United States Duration: 25 Sept 2015 → 27 Sept 2015

Conference

Conference	The 43rd Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy
Abbreviated title	TPRC 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington DC
Period	25/09/15 → 27/09/15

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PARK, S & Kim, G 2015, Same access, different uses, and the persistent digital divide between urban and rural users. in TPRC 43: The 43rd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy Paper 2015. vol. 1, SSRN, Online, pp. 1-23, The 43rd Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy, Washington DC, Washington, United States, 25/09/15. <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2582046>

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