The Digital Gap, as a New Phenomenon Responsible for Having Peripheries

Abstract

On the base of theoretical and empirical results the study analyses the social inequalities and the concept of the digital gap, which exist as a result of the development of information society. The actuality of this matter is that the social and digital slope can be conceived as a rebirth of previous inequalities in our century. In the analysis we embark on examining the attitudes and role set of Roma people towards information society.

On the base of a survey carried out with Roma social groups, we urge equal opportunities programs – referring to local needs – for excluded people on the peripheries.