The digital divide manifests itself in the difficulties in accessing information and communication technologies, which leads to inequality between different groups and can cause individuals to feel threatened and excluded from society. This thesis compares the situation of the digital divide in Slovenia with the situation in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, as these countries are considered role models in the European Union. In the theoretical part, the methods of description and compilation are used to define the digital divide and its purpose, and they are also used in the review of existing literature from the field of human capital. In the empirical part, the human capital of Slovenia, Denmark, Finland and Sweden is analysed using the analytical and comparative method, followed by a survey of people over the age of 55 in Slovenia.
The analysis of the quantitative data on the digital divide, DESI index, human capital and examples of good practise shows that the digital divide is slightly wider in Denmark than in Slovenia, Finland and Sweden. To claim that the countries mentioned perform better than Denmark, other factors need to be taken into account, such as the accessibility of the network that enables older people to access and use information and communication technologies, but this area has not been analysed in this paper. The results of the analysis shed light on the digital divide in Slovenia and its potential for improvement, as they represent the current state of Slovenian human capital compared to that of Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Further work could focus on analysing the digital divide between older people in the home environment and older people in vulnerable groups.
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