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标题：Examining the Global Digital Divide: A Cross-Country Analysis
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作者：Sona Mardikyan ; Endam Ayçiçek Yıldız ; Mehmet Derya Ordu 等
期刊名称：Communications of the IBIMA
电子版ISSN：1943-7765
出版年度：2015
卷号：2015
DOI：10.5171/2015.592253
出版社：IBIMA Publishing
摘要：Despite the development of the information society and the widespread diffusion of information technology, the disparities between groups of countries in terms of accessing and using information and communication technologies (ICTs) are still valuable. This disparity is defined as the term of digital divide. Although there are several different views about measuring the digital divide, in this study, International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) ICT key indicators are used to measure the global digital divide. The cross-sectional data are collected for 145 countries in the world, for year 2011. One-way ANOVA and regression analysis are applied as statistical methods to analyze global digital divide. According to the results, variables related to development levels, income levels, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) membership and continental differences are highly associated with the digital divide.
关键词：Digital Divide; Global Digital Divide; Information and Communication Technologies; Cross-Country Analysis