Khalid, Nur Ajrun and Yusof, Rohana (2016) Disabled people are left behind the information age: are the gap getting bigger? In: International Conference on Government & Public Affairs 2016 (ICOGPA2016), October 5th - 6th, 2016, School of Government, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.

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Abstract

Rapid progress of Information Communication Technology (ICT) will accelerate the distribution of information from government to the people; however the monopoly of technology ICT services will lead to inequality of information distribution in between of normal people and disabled people.Embrace with the inequality of ICT distribution directly make the group of disabled people left behind at the information age, or the situation also known as digital divide.Hence, this article attempts to identify and examine the issues facing by disabled people in order to catch up the fast diffusion of ICT.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	ISBN 978-983-44661-7-6 Organized by: School of Government, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Digital Divide, Government Initiative, Information Communication Technology, Disabled People.
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions:	School of Government
Depositing User:	Mdm. Nur Ajrun Khalid
Date Deposited:	19 Dec 2016 07:02
Last Modified:	19 Dec 2016 07:02
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20389

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