This discussion offers a general framing and positioning statement for identifying and considering principal analytical dimensions and policy concerns in relation to the deep and persistent digital divide that marks today's increasingly digitalized world. The digital divide encompasses various socio‐technological inequalities and inequities apparent within and across different groups, organizations, and geographic areas. Also linked to the growing Internet of Things, the digital divide generally refers to differences in information and communications technologies access and artificial intelligence applications and usage within social systems and among the countries of the world. Indicating different types and levels of socio‐technological engagement and impact, it is an issue of social, cultural, institutional, economic, and political inequality and stratification processes in which disadvantage and vulnerability, as well as privilege and power, are distributed. Related digital asymmetries are considered here in conceptual, theoretical, and applied terms relative to various issues as critical representations of relative divides characterized by socio‐spatial inequalities, inequities, and disparities in information and knowledge creation, access, opportunities, usage, and benefits. Also considered are aspirational goals for mitigating such asymmetries in related policy dialogues and directives, asserting possibilities for enhancing well‐being across sectors and peoples.

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跨越概念和效果上的数字鸿沟：相对解释和方向


本次讨论提供了一个总体框架和定位声明，用于识别和考虑与当今日益数字化的世界所标志的深刻而持久的数字鸿沟相关的主要分析维度和政策关切。数字鸿沟涵盖了不同群体、组织和地理区域内部和之间明显的各种社会技术不平等和不平等。数字鸿沟也与不断发展的物联网相关，通常指社会系统内部和世界各国之间信息和通信技术的获取以及人工智能应用和使用的差异。它表明了不同类型和水平的社会技术参与和影响，是一个社会、文化、制度、经济和政治不平等和分层过程的问题，其中劣势和脆弱性以及特权和权力被分配。相关的数字不对称在这里被认为是与各种问题相关的概念、理论和应用术语，作为相对鸿沟的关键表征，其特征是社会空间不平等、不平等以及信息和知识创造、获取、机会、使用和利益方面的差异。还考虑了减轻相关政策对话和指令中这种不对称性的理想目标，并提出了增强跨部门和人民福祉的可能性。