Indicators of Internet usage: does the Internet reflect regional inequalities within Hungary?

The objective of the article is to examine whether or not traditional regional differences in Hungary can be perceived and if they can, in what way does this relate to the use of information communication technologies (ICT). The authors analysed data from the Hungarian sample of the World Internet P...

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Main Authors: Mihály Csótó, Levente Székely
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Netcom Association 2009-06-01
Series:Netcom
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/890
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description The objective of the article is to examine whether or not traditional regional differences in Hungary can be perceived and if they can, in what way does this relate to the use of information communication technologies (ICT). The authors analysed data from the Hungarian sample of the World Internet Project, and the results indicate that internet-useage reflects the existing imbalances, and it is the different composition of individual characteristics between rural and urban populations and between populations of different regions that account for the regional digital divides.
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spelling doaj-art-52afa1d2002a4491af55a20af6f360082025-01-30T10:59:54ZengNetcom AssociationNetcom0987-60142431-210X2009-06-0123496210.4000/netcom.890Indicators of Internet usage: does the Internet reflect regional inequalities within Hungary?Mihály CsótóLevente SzékelyThe objective of the article is to examine whether or not traditional regional differences in Hungary can be perceived and if they can, in what way does this relate to the use of information communication technologies (ICT). The authors analysed data from the Hungarian sample of the World Internet Project, and the results indicate that internet-useage reflects the existing imbalances, and it is the different composition of individual characteristics between rural and urban populations and between populations of different regions that account for the regional digital divides.https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/890Hungarydigital divideinternet uptakeregional difference
spellingShingle Mihály Csótó
Levente Székely
Indicators of Internet usage: does the Internet reflect regional inequalities within Hungary?
Netcom
Hungary
digital divide
internet uptake
regional difference
title Indicators of Internet usage: does the Internet reflect regional inequalities within Hungary?
title_full Indicators of Internet usage: does the Internet reflect regional inequalities within Hungary?
title_fullStr Indicators of Internet usage: does the Internet reflect regional inequalities within Hungary?
title_full_unstemmed Indicators of Internet usage: does the Internet reflect regional inequalities within Hungary?
title_short Indicators of Internet usage: does the Internet reflect regional inequalities within Hungary?
title_sort indicators of internet usage does the internet reflect regional inequalities within hungary
topic Hungary
digital divide
internet uptake
regional difference
url https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/890
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