digital divide 數碼鴻溝
digital divide
繁:數碼鴻溝
简:数码鸿沟
除了教育不公加劇,疫情亦在其他方面令「數碼鴻溝」(digital divide)浮現。不少評論指出,為保持社交距離,人們將工作、學習、購物、與親友交流等日常生活遷移網上進行是重要出路,但目前全球各地仍有許多人無快速互聯網連接,在疫情下他們猶如與社會割裂,甚至影響關乎生死的決定,有必要盡快收窄鴻溝。
「數碼鴻溝」浮現 無網絡者弱勢(2020年4月22日)。明報,取自https://news.mingpao.com/pns/國際/article/20200422/s00014/1587495075380/
The internet is key to accessing information about the coronavirus. Human Rights Watch said that closing the digital divide was necessary to preserve human rights during the outbreak.
US’s digital divide ‘is going to kill people’ as Covid-19 exposes inequalities. (2020, April 13). The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/13/coronavirus-covid-19-exposes-cracks-us-digital-divide