Global Digital Divides in the COVID-19 Era

Purposeful Use of the Internet and Technologies
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-11-079377-2
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 483 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 500 g

Reihe: Digital Geographies

This book examines prior to, during, and in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Estimating socioeconomic influences and pandemic effects, it analyzes spatiotemporal disparities in the access, use, and purposeful uses of information and communications technologies including the internet, AI, and internet-based activities such as e-commerce and social networking. Through its empirical findings and case studies on India’s e-Sanjeevani national telemedicine service or America’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) to increase broadband affordability during the COVID-19 pandemic, this book provides policy recommendations to bridge digital divides and produce beneficial outcomes for information societies all over the world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pick, James

Sarkar, Avijit

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

James Pick is Professor of Business with interests in information technology, GIS, urban geography, and sustainability at the University of Redlands in Redlands, California, USA.

Avijit Sarkar is Professor of Analytics with interests in digital equity and inclusion, GIS, and artificial intelligence in business and society at the University of Redlands in Redlands, California, USA.