New technologies affect the distribution of social advantage, and can potentially alter social hierarchies. The diffusion of the Internet is widespread amongst many worldwide countries, yet Internet access is still divided along class, education, age and gender lines (Willis & Tranter, 2002). The disparity in access and use for such groups is known as the ‘digital divide’ and is the consequence of ‘information poverty’ between, for example, the developed and developing world (Meredyth & Thomas, 2002). However, this divide exists also within countries and communities, potentially obstructing a full inclusion within the society.

1.0 Social Advantage / ICT Inequality / ICT Diffusion

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The division within a country’s communities is as sharp and pronounced as the country divisions themselves. This is evident in that both the take-up of the Internet and everyday use of the Internet are vastly concentrated in rich and predominately white regions, and only subsequently extends to poorer, smaller and rural communities (Willis & Tranter, 2002).

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