Empirical Analysis of the Digital Divide from the Perspective of Internet Usage Patterns: A Case Study of Nanjing

Abstract

Abstract:There is a well-known ''digital divide" in the tendency to connect to the Internet, but whether there is similar differentiation among Internet usage is still worthy of further exploration. Studies on the geography of the digital divide are more concentrated on the national and regional scale, with a lack of research on the micro-scale. This paper builds up an index system, uses the factors, clustering and regression to analyse the Internet usage level on spatial distribution and attributes characteristic influence factors, based on 2012 survey questionnaires about personal information usage. The result shows that there is a weak distinction in comprehensive Internet usage among Internet users from different social-economic groups, but differences in online activities are relatively significant and individual social-economic attributes and properties of location and housing of residents have a significant impact of different usage patterns.

Determinants of investor satisfaction with e‐commerce platforms and traded products in student housing development in Ghana

“…Over the years, globalization and its attendant expansion of businesses continue to create opportunities for the use of e‐commerce. E‐commerce—the use of ICT to facilitate buying and selling of goods and/or services has revolutionized marketing (Chang, Zhen, & Cao, 2016). In addition, it has profoundly impacted many fields of endeavor including governance, retailing, law, education, religion, media, agriculture and logistics (Adu, Buabeng, & Damoah, 2020; Johnson & Iyamu, 2019; Mutimukwe & Kolkowska, 2019; Zhou & Wang, 2014).…”

Editorial Introduction

“…The framework consists of a base layer, sharing layer, application layer, service layer and portal layer with an implementation target of achieving a newly created smart community supporting improved and ongoing public participation. This paper is followed by the research of Chang et al (2016) who analyse the geography of the digital divide on a micro-scale in Nanjing, China. The research provides an index system based on cluster and regression analysis utilising survey data about personal internet usage patterns.…”