Social interactions and the "digital divide": explaining variations in Internet use

• Published in: Information systems research Vol. 20; no. 2; p. 277
• Main Authors: Agarwal, Ritu, Animesh, Animesh, Prasad, Kislaya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Linthicum Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences 01.06.2009
• Subjects: Datasets; Digital divide; Education; Evaluation; Externalities (Economics); Households; Influence; Internet; Internet service providers; Public policy; Regions; Regression analysis; Segregation; Social interaction; Software; Studies; Use statistics; Variables; United States; United States > US

Given the increasingly important role of the Internet in education, healthcare, and other essential services, it is important that we develop an understanding of the "digital divide." Despite the widespread diffusion of the Web and related technologies, pockets remain where the Internet is...