And his definition of public service is broad: he regards the BBC as an instrument of public policy, whose job is to bridge the "information divide" between the haves and have-nots.What is more, because of the compulsory licence fee, Mr Davies considers it the BBC's obligation to reach out to those viewers whom the corporation feels it is "losing", like young people.
Due to the proliferation of ICTs, the information divide between tourists and locals is slowly dissolving.
Educators have long hoped that cheap computing devices could bridge the global information divide, but previous attempts have been dogged by disappointing performance, lack of Internet access, and financial barriers.
From the vantage point of social justice, for example, one could reasonably ask whether search engine companies in the U.S. and other developed nations are morally obligated to help bridge the "information divide" by providing easier and more ubiquitous access (via search technologies) to users in developing nations, especially to non-English speaking users.
Similarly, the United Nations or World Bank could ask the IAC to appoint international panels of leading researchers to address global issues such as the effect of genetically modified plants on agriculture, the threat of emerging infectious diseases, how to protect threatened ecosystems, or how to bridge the information divide between the world's rich and poor.
That dismissive rhetoric stems from both the economic gaps among neighboring cities and an information divide.
As Bill admits, he's one of those people who'd end up paying more if Congress would ever get around to passing a bill to raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires, so it's not surprising that he's so out of touch with the information divide he thinks the existence of the Internet makes libraries obsolete.
Among poorest countries the health information divide is growing.
Information divided into three main categories was extracted and used to assess the reviewed articles.
There are 16 sources of information divided in four main categories: Proteomic Studies, Databases, Reviews and System Biology Approaches.
