Abstract
The paper presents a secondary analysis of the Austrian data of a Eurobarometer
(conducted in all member states of the EU) data set and addresses questions of
penetration and usage of new information and communication technologies.
Before going into the empirical analysis we provide a brief theoretical analysis of
the digital divide concept, based on a literature overview. Up to now, research on
digital divide analyized predictors of this phenomenon only separately without
considering interaction effects. Our analysis aims to develop various types of
Users and Non-Users by combining demographics and information about internet
usage in a cluster analysis. Results give strong support to consider Users and Non-
Users not as homogenous groups in future research. A more differentiated view
has to be applied: combinations of attributes can yield in deprivation in a double
or even tripel sense, so that some groups are harder to reach by ICT-policies than
others.
(conducted in all member states of the EU) data set and addresses questions of
penetration and usage of new information and communication technologies.
Before going into the empirical analysis we provide a brief theoretical analysis of
the digital divide concept, based on a literature overview. Up to now, research on
digital divide analyized predictors of this phenomenon only separately without
considering interaction effects. Our analysis aims to develop various types of
Users and Non-Users by combining demographics and information about internet
usage in a cluster analysis. Results give strong support to consider Users and Non-
Users not as homogenous groups in future research. A more differentiated view
has to be applied: combinations of attributes can yield in deprivation in a double
or even tripel sense, so that some groups are harder to reach by ICT-policies than
others.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Online Proceedings of the 20th Bled eConference – eMergence: Merging and Emerging Technologies, Processes and Institutions, 3-6 June, Bled Slovenia |
| Editors | M. Lynne Markus, J. Felix Hampe, Joze Gricar, Andreja Pucihar, Gregor Lenart |
| Place of Publication | Bled, Slovenia |
| Pages | 193 - 206 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2007 |