New strategies for the governance of digital divide in the rapid development of digital economy
Pengyuan Wang
Weinan Normal University, School of Economics and Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/bam.v8i2.14517
Keywords: digital economy; digital divide; algorithm governance; pluralistic co governance
Abstract
The rapid development of digital economy not only releases the technological dividend, but also aggravates the complexity and concealment of the digital divide. At present, the digital divide shows new characteristics, such as the transition from the access gap to the intelligent gap, the deep intertexture of urban-rural intergenerational differences, and the unbalanced development of digital ecology. Governance is faced with such dilemmas as the disconnection between infrastructure coverage and high-quality use, the lagging cultivation of the literacy of vulnerable groups, and algorithmic discrimination to strengthen digital exclusion. In this regard, we should systematically bridge the digital divide and help build an inclusive digital society by promoting the sinking of inclusive digital infrastructure, building a life-cycle literacy improvement system, and strengthening algorithm governance and platform responsibility.
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