Why Digital Poverty Deserves Greater Attention
October 15, 2021
IN BRIEF | 5 min read
- In a recent The Straits Times article, Associate Professor Irene Ng (NUS Social Work & NUS Social Service Research Centre), Dr Natalie Pang (NUS Communications and New Media) and Professor Lim Sun Sun (Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, SUTD) discuss the social challenge of unequal digital access in Singapore.
- As the nation becomes digitally competitive, there are groups who remain disadvantaged in their access to digital connectivity and literacy. Digital divides, unaddressed, contribute to a heightened social divide over time.
This story first appeared in The Straits Times on 15 October 2021.