Interpreting the Digital Divide: Technological Colonialism and Social Stratification

Author: Cao Rongxiang, Editor
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Features: This book primarily explores the manifestations of the digital divide in the modern world, which include international, racial, gender, generational, and other five forms of gaps. It mainly draws on the concepts of cultural hegemony by Antonio Gramsci and the world-system theory by Immanuel Wallerstein to theoretically describe the phenomenon of the digital divide. The book proposes theoretical viewpoints such as "digital imperialism," "technological colonialism," and "new world-system theory."