随着近些年来计算机和互联网的迅猛发展 ,美国出现了“数字化隔阂”的现象 ,这就是在掌握信息时代的工具和使用技能的人群与不掌握这些的人群之间产生了差距。美国面临的一个重要抉择是 :要么听任这种不平等的享用继续加大现存于诸如种族、收入、受教育程度、地域和残疾人等方? With the rapid development of computers and the Internet in recent years, there has been a phenomenon of “digital divide” in the United States. This has created a gap between masters of the information age and those who use skills and those who do not. One of the important choices the United States faces is whether to allow such inequalities to continue to increase its presence in such sectors as race, income, education, geography and people with disabilities.