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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izdano v:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/netcom,
Auteurs principaux: Csótó, Mihály, Székely, Levente
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: Netcom 2014
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Online dostop:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Izvleček: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.