[Air-l] what is "the digital divide"?

[Barry Wellman]

In view of all the interesting discussion about deconstructing "the
digital divide" hereiin

"What is the digital divide? It seems like specialized jargon to me."

That is the question that a copy-editor asked a student of mine who had
contributed a chapter to a book about the internet.

I wuz flabbergasted. We pointed out that it was a widely used term,
defined it, showed that there were > 3M entries for it on Google and > 11K
on Google Scholar.

Still waiting for the copyeditor's apology.

 Barry
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  Barry Wellman         Professor of Sociology        NetLab Director
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