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Exploring the Notion of ‘Technology as a Public Good’: Emerging Characteristics and Trends of the Digital Divide in East Asian Education

Exploring the Notion of ‘Technology as a Public Good’: Emerging Characteristics and Trends of the Digital Divide in East Asian Education

Sunnie Lee Watson, Thalia Mulvihill
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781615207930|ISBN10: 1615207937|EISBN13: 9781615207947
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-793-0.ch003
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Watson, Sunnie Lee, and Thalia Mulvihill. "Exploring the Notion of ‘Technology as a Public Good’: Emerging Characteristics and Trends of the Digital Divide in East Asian Education." International Exploration of Technology Equity and the Digital Divide: Critical, Historical and Social Perspectives, edited by Patricia Randolph Leigh, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 40-57. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-793-0.ch003

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Watson, S. L. & Mulvihill, T. (2011). Exploring the Notion of ‘Technology as a Public Good’: Emerging Characteristics and Trends of the Digital Divide in East Asian Education. In P. Randolph Leigh (Ed.), International Exploration of Technology Equity and the Digital Divide: Critical, Historical and Social Perspectives (pp. 40-57). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-793-0.ch003

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Watson, Sunnie Lee, and Thalia Mulvihill. "Exploring the Notion of ‘Technology as a Public Good’: Emerging Characteristics and Trends of the Digital Divide in East Asian Education." In International Exploration of Technology Equity and the Digital Divide: Critical, Historical and Social Perspectives, edited by Patricia Randolph Leigh, 40-57. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-793-0.ch003

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Abstract

This chapter aims to explore the historical, sociological, and economic factors that engender inequities related to digital technologies in the East Asian educational context. By employing critical social theory perspectives, the chapter discusses and argues for the notion of “Technology as a Public Good” by examining the Chinese, Japanese and Korean societies’ digital divide. This chapter examines how East Asian societies are exhibiting similar yet different problems in providing equitable access to information communication technologies to the less advantaged due to previously existing social structures, and discusses the urgency of addressing these issues. Based on the analysis of the digital divide in the East Asian context, this chapter also proposes and argues for the notion of “technology as a public good” in public and educational policies for information communication technologies. Finally, the chapter invites policymakers, researchers and educators to explore a more active policy approach regarding the digital divide solution, and provides specific future research recommendations for ICT policies and policy implementation in digital divide solutions.

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