[Air-l] Inventor of the term "Digital Divide"?
Laurent Straskraba
laurent at straskraba.net
Fri Mar 25 18:21:54 PST 2005
Hi,
I read about the first time using the term "Digital Divide" it was in NTIA
documents of 1994. Here is a reference:
http://www.tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/divide/politics/pinkett.html
Morino Institute says it was Larry Irving (3rd paragraph):
http://www.morino.org/divides/bio_irving.htm
BUT Larry Irving said it was not him who invented the term, he just used it
a lot in high-level policy circles. So he was credited for popularizing it
with politicians, but he did not invent it. He said he has no idea where it
came from.
Anyone got an idea who was the original inventor of the term "Digital Divide"?
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