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@article{Ünver2017,

title = {Measuring the global information society – explaining digital inequality by economic level and education standard},

author = {H. Ünver},

editor = {IOP Publishing},

url = {https://www.fawn-ulm.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Uenver_2017_Measuring_the_global_information_society.pdf},

doi = {10.1088/1757-899X/173/1/012021},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-02-01},

journal = {IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering},

volume = {173},

number = {1},

pages = {012021},

abstract = {A main focus of this research paper is to investigate on the explanation of the ‘digital inequality’ or 

‘digital divide’ by economic level and education standard of about 150 countries worldwide.

Inequality regarding GDP per capita, literacy and the so-called UN Education Index seem to be 

important factors affecting ICT usage, in particular Internet penetration, mobile phone usage and 

also mobile Internet services. Empirical methods and (multivariate) regression analysis with linear 

and non-linear functions are useful methods to measure some crucial factors of a country or culture 

towards becoming information and knowledge based society. Overall, the study concludes that the 

convergence regarding ICT usage proceeds worldwide faster than the convergence in terms of 

economic wealth and education in general. The results based on a large data analysis show that the 

digital divide is declining over more than a decade between 2000 and 2013, since more people

worldwide use mobile phones and the Internet. But a high digital inequality explained to a 

significant extent by the functional relation between technology penetration rates, education level 

and average income still exists. Furthermore it supports the actions of countries at UN/G20/OECD 

level for providing ICT access to all people for a more balanced world in context of sustainable 

development by postulating that policymakers need to promote comprehensive education

worldwide by means of using ICT.},

keywords = {digital inequality, economic level, education, English, global information society},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}