Is There Consumption Convergence In An Information Society?i A Preliminary Survey on Comparing Traditional and Digital Divide Between Two Cities

V. Rachmadi Purnomo (School of Business Administration, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia)

Jurnal InterAct
Vol 6, No 1 (2017): Jurnal InterAct

This article explores the consumption disparities between students in two cities. It wants to know the respond of students in two cities toward the media convergence. The cities are Jakarta and Wonosari Yogyakarta. Jakarta symbolize the city that provide abundant media channel and the other hand Wonosari represent the city that lack of media channel. By using student’s expenditure on traditional and digital expenditure, there are two conclusions temporarily. First, there is consumption disparities between two cities on traditional information. Second, it seems there is no digital divide between two cities.