Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2002

Journal Title

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

ISSN

0736-7694

Abstract

The digital revolution has transformed the lives of many, but also has left untouched the lives of many others. As a result, a large segment of the world population misses out on the tremendous political, social, economic, educational, and career opportunities created by the digital revolution. This gap between the information haves and have-nots is commonly referred to as the digital divide.

Although evidence suggested that the digital divide in the United States is closing, the same is not true for the less developed countries. In light of the alarming disparities between the information haves and have-nots, the Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media and Society at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University selected the digital divide as the topic for its Second Squadron Symposium on Internet, Law & Society. Included in the symposium issue published by the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal are articles by Andrew Celli, Mark Cooper, Kenneth Dreifach, B. Keith Fulton, Allen Hammond, and Jack Qiu.

As an introduction to this symposium issue, this Article highlights the global significance of the digital divide. It discusses five key prerequisites for bridging this inequitable gap: awareness, access, affordability, availability, and adaptability. It also explores the inequalities in Internet access between the developed and less developed countries and explains why including the less developed countries in the digital revolution would benefit the developed countries as well as the less developed countries. The Article concludes by highlighting the various areas that may present challenges to policies seeking to bridge the digital divide.

First Page

1

Last Page

52

Num Pages

52

Volume Number

20

Issue Number

1

Publisher

Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

File Type

PDF

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