Internet and territory, or when the Information Society crystallizes in inequality
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https://doi.org/10.52203/pangea.v10i1.110Keywords:
Globalization, Inequality, Information and Communication Technologies, Internet, Society of Information, TerritoryAbstract
The Information Society has been understood in many ways. The two clearest positions are divided between those who see it as a necessary tool for overcoming distance, and those who believe that space continues to be a problem, and that the gap between those who are on the side is accentuated year after year of digitization and those that are not. The hypothesis that arises is whether the Information Society crystallizes in a pre-existing inequality. For the calculations, the ICT Development Index (IDI) of the ITU, International Telecommunication Union is taken as a reference. As a result, it can be said that the Information Society crystallizes inequality. It is always the same countries that are in the best and worst positions in terms of the use and exploitation of ICTs. Thirteen countries always occupy the Top Ten, and more than 60% of those thirteen countries are European. The last three positions are always for African countries.
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