Abstract

ARMAS, Francisco  and  MACIA, Carlos. Desenvolvimento rural e sociedade da informação em Portugal: Análise do fosso digital de segunda geração na região Norte. GOT [online]. 2015, n.7, pp.65-83. ISSN 2182-1267.  https://doi.org/10.17127/got/2015.7.003.

The spread of the Information and Communication Technologies have been very present in the regional policies of the European Union in the last two decades. In the beginning, the aim was centered in “connect” the citizen to the Net and establish telecommunication networks for access to Internet through broadband. Nowadays, in broad terms, this aim was reached for the most European Union, but the spread of the Information Society goes beyond to be “Internet users”. In this article the dimension of a new digital divide in Northern Portugal was studied. This new digital divide separates the basics Net users of those that consume advanced services. The use of these advanced services are what could boost development process in rural areas.    

Keywords : Information Society; New Technologies; Digital Divide; Rural Development; Northern Portugal.

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