“THE DIGITAL DIVIDE” Interaction between people and technology‚ most especially the COMPUTER‚ has greatly increased as we begin to enter on the twenty-first century. People’s ability to access computers and INTERNET has become very important to completely familiarize their selves in the economic‚ political‚ and social aspects of the world. Unfortunately‚ not everyone has access to this technology. The idea of the “digital divide” refers to the expanding gap between the needy members of society;
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Can We Bridge the Digital Divide? Jessica Montgomery INF 103: Computer Literacy Instructor Murray Denton April 15‚ 2013 What is the Digital Divide? The Digital Divide is a line that separates those that have access to technologies such as computers‚ cell phones and internet‚ from those that have no access or limited access to such technologies. This divide is mostly prevalievnt in third world countries‚ but is not uncommon in the United States. While the United States has the technology
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Unit 1 – The Information Age The Digital Divide The digital divide is the term used to describe the difference between in technology use and availability around the world‚ some factors which affect the digital divide are socioeconomic‚ geographical and the fear of technology. Sub affecting issues are things such as age‚ gender‚ religion‚ income‚ technology available and more. Within the digital divide there are the information ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ this creates an inequality around the world
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believe in humanity. Religion divides the people into small set of groups which creates conflict between other groups. For example‚ the ruthless and fierce Nazis did not hesitate to kill millions of people including kids just because they were Jewish. The religious war that took place was more destructive than the secular war. The reason for their conflict was the different religion they followed. So‚ the religion has divided the people and it will continue to divide till the term religion is eliminated
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The Digital Divide The Digital Divide is “the state of inequality that exists between people who have access to modern information technology and those who do not‚ since the former have many more opportunities open to them than the latter‚” (2008). Some argue that this gap is shrinking in the U.S. due to public access and mobile devices. Online learning is also a catalyst in bridging the gap‚ but the question remains; how will those who need it most gain the access they need? While this is a
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1. The phrase digital divide is when people are not being able to afford new technologies‚ and becoming outdated on technology. It is also known to be the gap between those who have access to technology and those who do not. “The poor and the working class — either cannot afford access or use restricted wireless access as their only connection to the Internet.”(Crawford) All aspects of life becoming available online pose a problem that millions are going to be left behind. In the present time the
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Digital divide is defined as the distance between those with access to the internet and those without. Digital Divide is a problem that stretches to all corners of the world. It affects not only people here in the U.S. but also countries across the globe. Two questions have to be asked in all this. The first is “Does the Digital Divide really exist?” and the second is “What is the real impact of the Digital Divide?” The idea of Digital Divide did not come into play until the early 1990’s with the
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Statement of Problem The term digital divide emerged in the mid-1990’s to describe the gap that exists between individuals who have access to technology and those that do not have access (Eamon‚ 2004). Computer technology has transformed modern society in profound ways (Behrman & Shields‚ 2000). Everyday society exposes citizens to technology in some form. Citizens integrate technology into common tasks such as signing into work‚ paying bills‚ shopping‚ paying taxes‚ and even reading the local newspaper
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However‚ there are still people out there that don’t have the capacity to have these privileges. Thus‚ building the Digital Divide: a gap that separates the rich and the poor‚ a gap that is still widening up to this day and a gap that definitely needs to be bridged. This research paper defines and discusses the issues with Digital Divide. It then enumerates the various efforts that have been made to bridge the gap. It also highlights on the importance of improving the digital divide between socioeconomic
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digital divide The term ’digital divide’ describes the fact that the world can be divided into people who do and people who don’t have access to - and the capability to use - modern information technology‚ such as the telephone‚ television‚ or the Internet. The digital divide exists between those in cities and those in rural areas. For example‚ a 1999 study showed that 86% of Internet delivery was to the 20 largest cities. The digital divide also exists between the educated and the uneducated‚ between
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