Four communities, which included two urban, a rural and a remote Indigenous community in the Northern Territory of Australia are the focus of this research paper. Consequently, this paper examines the nexus between social relations of mutual benefit, telecommunications access and social inclusion amongst diverse communities.
Meaningful access to ICT is however, embedded in a complex array of factors encompassing physical, digital, human and social resources and relationships.
The potential of ICT to disseminate information quickly, to reach vast numbers of people simultaneously and to include the previously excluded is immense. Whilst the essence of social capital is quality social relations, the concept intersects with telecommunications and Information Communications Technology (ICT) in a number of. This paper examines the role of telecommunications in sustainable social and economic development of urban, rural and remote communities in the Northern Territory of Australia through the theoretical lens of social capital. To help analyze the challenges facing countries at different stages of economic development, this article presents ongoing research in the form of a cyber dependency matrix to identify the different digital divides they are likely to face as they progress in their digital development journey. A forward-looking framework for how to prioritize various divides from a policy perspective is needed.
To the contrary, it is precisely in developed countries where large portions of the population is moving online that the risk may be greatest.ĭigital divides therefore pose a threat to both social inclusion broadly and electronic inclusion (e-inclusion) more specifically. Access to ICTs remains a key hurdle to e-government usage around the world and this is not only a challenge to emerging markets. As leading countries are now pursuing various "digital by default" policies, vulnerable segments of the population risk falling further behind in accessing socio-economic opportunities. But as the supply of online service delivery has improved, the consequences for those who are unable to use them also rise. Much progress has taken place since the United Nations started measuring global e-government development in 2003.
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