Cinderella's eyes on digital divide

My topic is Digital Divide
The term digital divide refers to the gap between those with regular, effective access to digital and information technology, and those without it. According to Mehra (2004), the digital divide is “the troubling gap between those who use computers and the internet and those who do not” (Mehra et al, 2004, p.782).
In short,the usual meaning of "the digital divide"refers to inequality of access to the Internet.

Why this topic particularly interests me?
Firstly, of course, I'm interested in it.
Secondly, I think the digital divide in the real world and we even can encounter or experience it vividly. So it makes sense to choose it.
Lastly, as an assignment of a course,I recognise it should be the easiest one.But others are so extremely abstract that they almost make me lost in the fog.

Research questions:
Ⅰ.What is the origin of the this term?
Ⅱ.What is the features or manifestation of it?
Ⅲ.Why&How people on earth try to close the digital divide?
Ⅳ.How about the digital divide in China?

Abstracts & Annotated bibliography to the questions above:
Ⅰ.The term came into regular usage in the mid-1990s. US President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore used the term in a 1996 speech in Knoxville, TN[1], though the term had appeared in several news articles prior to 1996. Larry Irving, a former United States Assistant Secretary of Commerce and technology adviser to the Clinton Administration, used the term in a series of reports in the mid 1990s.
For details,please click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide
Ⅱ.socioeconomic(rich/poor)
High income families are 5 times more likely to own a home computer than low income families
global digital divide：Internet users by regions(image)From this image we can have a bird's eye view of the degree of inequality of access world widely.
regional digital divide: while even within one country or one region,there's digital divide and sometimes very terrible.For example, the case secrets of Silicon Vally which we learnt in class vividly depicted the contrast divide between Palo Alto and its border. And also the divide between urban and rural areas is apparent.
Ⅲ.why?Bridging the digital divide: An opportunity for growth for the 21st century; Why Closing the Digital Divide Matters
How?A decade of efforts to close the Divide;magazines
But to this question,we should avoid some fallacies.
Ⅳ.Digital divide in the People's Republic of China;
Survey Shows China's East-west Digital Divide Growing ;
Digital Divide Between Urban and Rural China

References:
1、Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman,the secrets of Silicon Valley Study guide ;
2、Mike Holderness,"Who are the World's Information-Poor?"in Brian D.Loader(ed.),Cyberspce Divide:Equality,Agency and Policy in the Information Society,1998,35-56,esp.35-43;
3、Manuel Castells,"The Digital Divide in a Global Perspective" in The Internet Galaxy,Oxford:Oxford University Press,247-274;
4、Pipa Norris,Digital Divide, Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,2001,247-274