Switzerland in Overcoming the Digital Divide: Policies and Practices

For citation: Iakova T.S. (2016) Shveytsariya na puti preodoleniya tsifrovogo neravenstva: strategii i praktiki [Switzerland in Overcoming the Digital Divide: Policies and Practices]. Mediaskop 4. Available at: http://www.mediascope.ru/2211

© Tamara S. Iakova
PhD in philology, Senior Researcher at the Chair of Foreign Journalism and Literature, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), t-yakova@mail.ru

 The report is based on the paper presented on the roundtable "The digital divide in Russia and Europe: 20 years of raising questions and searching for solutions", dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Russia's participation in the Council of Europe, 25 February 2016, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Abstract

The report analyzes the problem of the digital divide in Switzerland, a country with a highly developed economy and new information technology level. The author pays special attention to the experience of effective state activities on the ICT development and ICT introduction into all areas of society, as well as of providing favorable conditions for greater access to information for all population segments.

Keywords: digital divide, access to information, ICT, Switzerland, the information society.

Notes

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