Title
Framing the digital divide: A comparison of U.S. and E.U. policy approaches
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
This article explores key US and European Union policy documents to identify the similarities and differences in the way that the digital divide has been defined in both contexts in recent years. To that purpose, a computer-assisted text analysis was conducted, which identified not only the most frequent relevant terms in each document, but also patterns of semantic association among them. While significant differences related to the political specificities of each context were found, both sets of documents revealed a tendency over time to frame access in economic and market-based terms. The article argues that these results provide useful insights into the study of the globalization and homogenization of telecommunications policymaking.
Publication Title
New Media & Society
Repository Citation
Stewart, Concetta M.; Gil-Egui, Gisela; Tian, Yan; and Pileggi, Mairi Innes, "Framing the digital divide: A comparison of U.S. and E.U. policy approaches" (2006). Communication Faculty Publications. 51.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/communications-facultypubs/51
Published Citation
Stewart, C. M., Gil‐Egui, G., Tian, Y., and Pileggi, M. (2006). Framing the digital divide: A comparison of U.S. and E.U. policy approaches. New Media & Society. 8(5), 731‐751. doi:10.1177/1461444806067585
DOI
10.1177/1461444806067585
Peer Reviewed
Comments
Copyright 2006 Sage Publications
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