Hi Laurent!
Anyone got an idea who was the original inventor of the term "Digital Divide"?
Access Denied at http://www1.soc.american.edu/students/ij/co_3/digitaldivide/history.htm says that the origins of the term remain "shrouded in mystery" and suggests via Benjamin Companie's new book that Lloyd Morrisset might have created it, but again, there is dispute. As you point out, they report that Irving says that "I am certain I stole the term, but I am not certain who I stole it from." :-) Deanya http://www.deanya.com/ On Saturday, March 26, 2005, at 03:09 PM, air-l-aoir.org-request@listserv.aoir.org wrote:
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 03:21:54 +0100 From: Laurent Straskraba <laurent@straskraba.net> Subject: [Air-l] Inventor of the term "Digital Divide"? To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20050326032047.02025168@mail.straskraba.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
Hi,
I read about the first time using the term "Digital Divide" it was in NTIA documents of 1994. Here is a reference: http://www.tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/divide/politics/pinkett.html
Morino Institute says it was Larry Irving (3rd paragraph): http://www.morino.org/divides/bio_irving.htm
BUT Larry Irving said it was not him who invented the term, he just used it a lot in high-level policy circles. So he was credited for popularizing it with politicians, but he did not invent it. He said he has no idea where it came from.
Anyone got an idea who was the original inventor of the term "Digital Divide"?
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