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Digital Divide and the Gap Between North America and Europe in Internet Users per Capita: New Insight from Existing Data

The emerging learning society requires a different development strategy, but also a conceptual and statistical framework that goes beyond the conventional approach and provides a broader dynamic framework for policy analysis. The novel time distance methodology is applied to the analysis of digital divide in the USA by income and educational level. It also shows that different statistical measures lead to diverse conclusions about the gap between North America and Europe in Internet users per capita. Percentage difference is decreasing, while time distance is increasing. Policy discussion relates to preparation of national strategy for information society in Slovenia.