Bridging the Digital Divide: Technology, Community, and Public Policy
Bridging the Digital Divide: Technology, Community, and Public Policy
The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society
The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society
Digital Divide?: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide
Digital Divide?: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide
Reinventing Government in the Information Age
Reinventing Government in the Information Age
Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital Divide
Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital Divide
The truth about the digital divide
The digital divide
“Urban versus regional divide: comparing and classifying digital divide”
TCGOV'05 Proceedings of the 2005 international conference on E-Government: towards Electronic Democracy
Digital Divide in eGovernment: The eInclusion Gap Model
EGOV '08 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Electronic Government
Aging and the information society: a comparative study of Austria and Switzerland
Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Digital Government Research Conference on Public Administration Online: Challenges and Opportunities
ICT diffusion in an aging society: a scenario analysis
EGOV'10 Proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 8.5 international conference on Electronic government
EGOV'10 Proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 8.5 international conference on Electronic government
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Not having access or having a disadvantaged access to information, in an information-based society may be considered as a handicap [5]. In the last two decades scholars have gradually refined the conceptualization of digital divide, moving from a dichotomous model mainly based on access to a multidimensional model accounting for differences in usage levels and perspectives. While models became more complex, research continued to mainly focus on deepening the understanding of demographic and socioeconomic differences between adopters and non-adopters. In doing so, the process of basic IT skills acquisition has been largely overlooked. This paper presents a metaphorical interpretation of the process of IT skills acquisition derived from empirical evidence. The analysis highlights the presence of three distinct IT skills acquisition approaches, as well as the key role of self-learning. These preliminary results represent a useful starting point for the design of more effective and sophisticated inclusion policies.