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This 14 page paper considers the way in which the US government is dealing with the digital divide. The writer considers the different policies and initiatives that are aimed at reducing this divide, providing a critique of the policies and guidance to the way forward. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
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recognised as an increasing phenomena for many years in the United States with different policies and projects implemented in order to tackle the problem and reduce the divide.
If we wish to consider the digital divide we must first define what is meat by the digital divide, how it may manifest itself
in society, and if this divide is really one that can be seen as important when we consider the long term implications. We need to understand this in order to
consider the potential success of different measures that are used to reduce its effect. In looking at the research that has taken
place the foremost area of understanding is the US, as a result we may expect the best policies to be emerging form this area, however this is a very debatable
point. In defining the digital divide there appears to be a general consensus. The term appears to have arisen in 1996 during a debate in America on the Telecommunication
Act of 1996 (Feldman, 2000). In general terms the divide is usually perceived between those who have access to information technology and those who do not (Henderson, 2002). However, the
meaning is larger than this Henderson (2002), describes this as the difference between the information literate and the information illiterate. Therefore, this is more than an access problem, however this
is part of it. Indeed, this agrees with the 1996 definition of a "gap between those who can effectively use new information and communication tools, such as the Internet,
and those who cannot" that was given by The Digital Network; which is a coalition of the National Urban League and the Benton Foundation (Feldman, 2000; 55). The general consensus
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