Last Updated on August 15, 2024 by Todd O'Neill
Closing the Data Divide for a More Equitable U.S. Digital Economy (PDF)
In the United States, access to many public and private services, including those in the financial, educational, and healthcare sectors, are intricately linked to data. But adequate data is not collected equitably from all Americans, creating a new challenge: the data divide, in which not everyone has enough high-quality data collected about them or their communities and therefore cannot benefit from data-driven innovation. This report provides an overview of the data divide in the United States and offers recommendations for how policymakers can address these inequalities. Institution Information Technology & Innovation Foundation – Center for Digital Innovation. Gillian Diebold. Published August 2022. Accessed January 2023.
Digital Divide Simulation
The Digital Divide Simulation is an immersive experience designed by KC Digital Drive to illustrate the real-life impact and compounding challenges faced by individuals with limited access to technology. If you are interested in how you can bring this experience to your organization, clients or community, or if you’re curious to learn more, please complete the form and our team will reach out to you. See the highlight video here. KC Digital Drive.
Digital divide persists even as Americans with lower incomes make gains in tech adoption
The shares of Americans in each income tier who have home broadband or a smartphone have not significantly changed from 2019 to 2021. Pew Research Center. Emily Vogels. Accessed September 2022.
Disconnected in Maryland
This analysis of the 2019 American Community Survey reveals the racial and economic underpinnings of the digital divide across the state of Maryland. The Abell Foundation. Access October 2022.
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Authors: Ivo Maljević, Gordana Jovanovic Dolecek, David Mazzarese, Ivan RS Casella
Volume 59, Issue 12, Pages 14–15. IEEE Communications Magazine. 2021.
How Can Universities Help Close the Digital Divide?
Institutions such as Carnegie Mellon, Purdue, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the University of Missouri are leading projects with community partners to expand high-speed Internet access. GovTech. September 2022.
Multidimensional Approaches to Illustrate the Digital Divide among K-12 Students (Conference Paper)
Authors: Cary Jim, Sarah Evans, Alison Grant. IASL Annual Conference Proceedings. 2021.
One Solution to the Digital Divide: Teens
Closing the online gap in America will require everything we’ve got, including video game-playing teenagers. Shira Ovide. Access September 2022.
Telecom Giants Say They Want to Help Close the Digital Divide. Here’s What They Have in Mind
What could go wrong when internet hawks watch the digital henhouse? Robin Urevich. Accessed September 2022.
The Digital Divide (book)
Contrary to optimistic visions of a free internet for all, the problem of the ‘digital divide’ – the disparity between those with digital media skills and access, and those without – has persisted for close to twenty-five years. In this textbook, Jan van Dijk considers the state of digital inequality and what we can do to tackle it. Through an accessible framework based on empirical research, he explores the motivations and challenges of seeking access and the development of requisite digital skills. He addresses such key questions as Does digital inequality reduce or reinforce existing, traditional inequalities? Does it create new, previously unknown social inequalities? While digital inequality affects all aspects of society and the problem is here to stay, van Dijk outlines policies we can put in place to mitigate it. Jan van Dijk. October 2019. Van Dijk_2019_The Digital Divide.pdf
The State of the Digital Divide in the United States – Purdue Center for Regional Development
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic shed a bright light on an issue that has been around for decades: the digital divide. As parents, children, and workers scrambled to learn, socialize, and work from home, adequate internet connectivity became critical. This analysis takes a detailed look at the digital divide as it was in 2020. Accessed September 2022.
What Higher Ed Can Bring to Closing the Digital Divide
Community and technical colleges are particularly well-suited to partnering with governments to bring broadband and digital literacy to underserved urban and rural communities. Accessed September 2022.