Place-Based Digital Inequity as an Overlooked Consequence of Income Inequality

• In Event: 41.084 - Roundtable Session 16
  In Roundtable Session: 41.084-12 - Playing at the Fault Line: Segregation and Challenges to Promoting Equity Through Educational Policies

Abstract

Situated within the local/global context of education are pressing issues of income equality and its negative moderational impact on the association between digital and social divides. While awareness increases, usable educational research in the area of income inequality is still lacking—particularly in regard to its impact on geographically-related forms of technological inequality. In this study, we address this gap to explore the relationship between Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) urban/rural digital literacy gaps and income inequality across 16 developed and developing nations. Implications speak to overlooked place-based consequences of income equality and also suggest a productive lens for understanding geographic, social, and digital divides.

Authors

• Eric Ambroso, Arizona State University - Tempe

• Anna Montana Cirell, Arizona State University - Tempe

• Margarita Pivovarova, Arizona State University - Tempe