“数字鸿沟”是世界各国面临的一个涉及政治、经济、文化、科技、传播等广泛而复杂的社会问题。近10年来,信息化社会的快速与均衡发展问题,一直备受国际社会的普遍关注。特别是发展中国家力图缩小“数字鸿沟”,以抓住信息科技带来的机遇,追赶发达国家。本报告试图通过聚焦美国在跨越“数字鸿沟”过程中出现的公共政策与公共利益的协调与冲突问题,考察美国政府缩小“数字鸿沟”的动因与策略,并探究美国社会应用传播新技术促进社会发展的机制与效用,为我国社会逐步缩小和跨越“数字鸿沟”,提供有益的借鉴与参考。
<<The Digital Divide has indicated the widening social and economic disparities,both regionally and globally. The phenomenon has caused serious concerns across the world. Many countries have been taking vigorous measures to promote a balanced growth of information technology and its application so as to keep a balanced social and economic development. In this report,author pays an attention to the challenge of public policy and public interest regarding closing the digital divide in United States,and focuses on exploring the motivation,strategy and effective mechanism that come from the US government to bridge the Digital Divide. We may learn a lot from American experience to incorporate it in our practice when we are making efforts to narrow the Digital Divide in China.
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