PARAMETERS FOR DETERMINING AND THE ACTUAL STATE OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY OF UKRAINE

Information has long been an important resource in modern society. Nowadays, it is impossible to imagine the everyday life of ordinary users and the process of doing business without the use of digital technologies. Their use has changed the way people manage their time and money, and humanity has turned from offline customers to digital consumers who search for products and services not in physical catalogues but in search engines. Data is now available on millions of websites, which has made significant changes in all areas of human life. Society has reached a level of digital development where it uses email, social media and blogs to communicate and share important information with other people. The most important transformation of our time is now underway — digitalisation.