Title :
The urban-rural information divide in China
Author :
Li Jian ; Wang Zhijin
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Southwest Univ., Chongqing, China
Abstract :
The purpose of this paper is to present the data from the CNNIC reports on urban and rural, so to provide an understanding of the urban-rural information divide in China. The urban-rural information divide may be even greater significance with the information technology. The causes of urban-rural information divide are analyses and measures are explored to describe how the government attempting to address the issue.
Keywords :
Digital Divide; Internet; government; China; Digital Divide; government; information poverty; information technology; urban-rural information divide; Cities and towns; Government; Information technology; Internet; Libraries; Rural areas; China; digital divide; information poverty; inforrmation divide; urban-rural information divide;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence Conference (ITAIC), 2011 6th IEEE Joint International
Conference_Location :
Chongqing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8622-9
DOI :
10.1109/ITAIC.2011.6030210
