AbstractGIS based Digital Divide Analysis of Broadband Wireless Information TechnologyTrack: Telecommunications and Location-Based Services Author The subject of unequal access to and use of the information technologies started to focus on the concept of "digital divide" has started to attract attention since late 90s. Before that time, more general concepts such as information inequality or information gap and computer literacy were used. Preliminary digital divide research led to the equivalency of media or technology access with physical access. Currently, the majority of this research still focuses on physical access. However, since the year 2002, an increasing number of researchers suggest to go 'beyond access', to reframe the overly technical concept of the digital divide and to pay more attention to social, psychological and cultural backgrounds. The goal of this paper is to provide a new methodology to understand different components of digital divide using ArcGIS. The research is carried out in 10 districts of Istanbul in Turkey with a wide range of socio-economic compositions. Buket OZBAKIR Yildiz Technical University - Department of City and Regional Planning Yildiz Technical University, Barbaros Bulvari Mimarlik Fakultesi / Sehir ve Bolge Planlama Bolumu Istanbul, N/A 34349 Turkey Phone: (+90) 212 383 7070 E-mail: aozbakir@yildiz.edu.tr Gunes Karabulut Kurt Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Ayazaga Kampusu Maslak Istanbul 34469 Turkey Phone: +90 212 285 6729 Fax: +90 212 285 3565 E-mail: gkurt@itu.edu.tr |