Explaining the global digital divide:: Economic, political and sociological drivers of cross-national Internet use

被引:180
作者
Guillén, MF
Suárez, SL
机构
[1] Univ Penn, Wharton Sch, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[2] Temple Univ, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
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10.1353/sof.2006.0015
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C91 [社会学];
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030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
We argue that the global digital divide, as measured by cross-national differences in Internet use, is the result of the economic, regulatory and sociopolitical characteristics of countries and their evolution over time. We predict Internet use to increase with world-system status, privatization and competition in the telecommunications sector, democracy and cosmopolitanism. Using data on 118 countries from 1997 through 2001, we find relatively robust support for each of our hypotheses. We conclude by exploring the implications of this new, powerful communication medium for the global political economy and for the spread of democracy around the world.
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