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FRACTURE NUMERIQUE [3 records]

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Record 1 2023-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Sociology
CONT

The idea of the "digital divide" refers to the growing gap between the underprivileged members of society, especially the poor, rural, elderly, and handicapped portion of the population who do not have access to computers or the internet; and the wealthy, middle-class, and young [people] living in urban and suburban areas who have access.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Sociologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Sociología
DEF

[...] desigualdad económica y social con respecto al acceso a las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones [...]

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Record 2 2001-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
  • Informatics
CONT

The Digitally Divided. Recent federal government studies have found access and use of technology for certain minorities, the poor, individuals with disabilities, and those living in center cities or in rural areas lagging far behind the general population. The vast majority of Goodwill's current customers fall into this category of the "digitally divided" or "information have-nots." Increasingly, it is through technology and the Internet that customers access training, find employment, communicate with employers, get higher paying jobs, learn about support services, and are enabled to fully participate in a society that is driven more and more by technology.

OBS

Information have-nots: term used mainly in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
  • Informatique
CONT

L’Internet et les nouvelles technologies favorisent ce qui, selon l’OCDE, s’apparente à un «démantèlement» des systèmes scolaires et ouvrent la voie à la «société en réseau». Cette évolution signe l’exclusion de tous ceux qui comptaient sur l’école pour s’intégrer et se socialiser. Car, même si quelques écoles publiques subsistent «pour les exclus du numérique», elles courent le risque de se transformer en «dépotoirs». Les sources de financement se diversifient : les entreprises et les médias intensifient leur présence sur le marché de l’éducation.

OBS

Termes s’emploient généralement au pluriel.

OBS

Voir «fracture du numérique ».

Key term(s)
  • exclu du numérique

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

Comparer «fracture du numérique».

Spanish

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