Second Thoughts: Toward a Critique of the Digital Divide

By David J. Gunkel. New Media & Society, 2003

403 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Media Technology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Communication

1. Eli Hustad
2. Polyxeni Vassilakopoulou
3. J. V. van Dijk
4. Jessie Daniels
5. A. V. van Deursen
6. Antero Garcia

In Media Technology

1. Eli Hustad
2. Polyxeni Vassilakopoulou
3. J. V. van Dijk
4. Jessie Daniels
5. A. V. van Deursen

In Sociology and Political Science

1. J. V. van Dijk
2. Eli Hustad
3. Polyxeni Vassilakopoulou
4. Jessie Daniels

Citations in the corpus

• Bridging Digital Divides: a Literature Review and Research Agenda for Information Systems Research (2021, background): “The term was soon broadened to signify the “ gap between those who can effectively use new information and communication tools, such as the Internet, and those who cannot ” (Gunkel 2003).”
• Race and racism in Internet Studies: A review and critique (2013, background): “As Gunkel (2003) points out, the fact that this research takes as its premise a dichotomous variable replays a broader binary opposition within Western culture, such as ‘literate’ and ‘illiterate.’”
• Understanding Health Literacy for Strategic Health Marketing: eHealth Literacy, Health Disparities, and the Digital Divide (2008, neutral): “Digital Divide is the term used to define the gap between people who have and people who do not have access to Internet technology (NTIA, 2000); it is the differences between the technological ‘‘haves’’ and ‘‘have nots’’ (Bertot, 2003; Gunkel, 2003).”
• Digital divide research, achievements and shortcomings (2006, background): “[See Gunkel (2003) for more details about the origin of the term.”