Crossing the Bridge of the Digital Divide - 9781641133906

Crossing the Bridge of the Digital DivideA Walk with Global Leaders\nAuthor(s): Anthony H. Normore, Antonia Issa Lahera\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781641133906, 978-1641133906\nSynopsis\nCrossing the Bridge of the Digital Divide: A Walk with Global Leaders explores the combined effect of the rapid growth of information as an increasingly fragmented information base, a large component of which is available only to people with money and/or acceptable institutional affiliations. In the recent past, the outcome of these challenges has been characterized as the 'digital divide' between the information 'haves' and 'have nots' along racial and socio economic lines that seem to widen as time passes. To address the issues of digital equity and digital inequality in an effort to bridge the digital divide, educational scholars, researchers and practitioners are in positions to ensure equitable opportunitie.