휴대전화를 중심으로 한 사하라 이남 아프리카의 정보격차 분석
A Study on Digital Divide by Cell Phone Diffusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 발행
- 2016
- 소속·발행
- 부산대학교
- 출처
- 국내 KCI
- 원문등록
- 2016-07-04
- 원문
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개념
키워드
Sub-Saharan Africa, cell phones, digital divide, economic development, Sub-Saharan Africa, cell phones, digital divide, economic development
초록
The purpose of this paper is, first of all, to analyze the diffusion of cell phones from the perspective of digital divide, to explain their economic characteristics surrounding their diffusion in SSA, and finally to analyze factors determining their diffusion within SSA countries. The result of analysis can be summarized as follows. First, the digital divide between SSA and high income countries has been decreased during 2000-2013 in all the areas. The digital divide in the areas of cell phones and number of internet users has been greatly decreased. While the number of internet users has a characteristics of stratification, the diffusion of cell phones has that of normalization in the Norris model. Secondly, the diffusion of cell phones in SSA has a feature of leapfrog spread: the speed of their diffusion is very rapid. Cell phones in SSA have played a role of providing inhabitants with means to participate in economic activities in this region. Thirdly, the main factors to determine the level of diffusion of cell phones in SSA have proved to be an income level and the ratio of urbanization.