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摘要
本文对澳大利亚和国际上关于城乡数字鸿沟的讨论进行了反思和推进。以评论的方式,我借鉴了自己在澳大利亚农村生活的经历,以及六年致力于理解地理偏远社区数字包容的学术研究。这篇论文的理论基础是围绕农村数字包容的全球学术辩论,但也深深植根于数字基础设施和能力投资的现状以及澳大利亚农村人民的生活经历。在分析地理数字鸿沟时,我将自己发表的研究成果和小插曲与其他作者的见解以及澳大利亚数字包容指数(Australian digital Inclusion Index)的数据结合起来。我对澳大利亚地理数字包容性的演变进行了观察,重点关注三个主题:渐进式数字发展;连接的复杂性和成本;以及不利因素的复合。这些见解最终阐明了农村群体中正在出现的数字鸿沟。
A new rural digital divide? Taking stock of geographical digital inclusion in Australia
This article reflects on and progresses Australian and international debates about the urban–rural digital divide. In commentary style, I draw on my own experience of living in rural Australia and six years of scholarship devoted to understanding digital inclusion in geographically remote communities. The paper is anchored theoretically in global scholarly debates around rural digital inclusion, but also deeply contextualised in the current state of digital infrastructure and capability investment and the lived experiences of people in rural Australia. In tacking stock of the geographical digital divide, I combine findings and vignettes from my published research with the insights of other authors and data from the Australian Digital Inclusion Index. I make observations about the evolution of geographical digital inclusion in Australia focused on three themes: incremental digital development; the complexity and cost of getting connected; and compounding factors of disadvantage. These insights culminate in articulation of an emerging digital divide within rural cohorts.