Week Nine. Task two.
There are two lots of divides digitally.
In terms of location and economy, not everyone can afford the internet or computers. In third world countries this is often the case. But this often applies to low-income households all over the world. This creates a divide, and is often linked to income. People may feel inferrior if they do not have access to the internet, in education, as children may be left behind as other children know how to use computers and they do not, this creates problems in learning as well as socially. It can cause problems in the work place, as finding jobs in the 21st century with no internet knowledge will be hard. There may cause social problems, in general conversation. For example, I find it strange if someone does not have a Facebook account, let alone not have the internet.
There is also a divide between people that have knowledge and people that dont-digital natives and immigrants, as discussed in my other posts. Digital immigrants may think they have more knowledge and the natives may feel inferrior.
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I was looking at some research on Digital divide and found that 10% of the worlds population was on the internet in 2002. I don't know about you but this Greatly shocked me i thought the levels of individuals on the internet would be much higher.
ReplyDeleteyeah I agree Lauren, i've read more recent statistics which were slightly higher but also pretty shocking. I guess it's hard to realise the scale and population of the non-western world. But how do you think the dig divide effects those who have NO digital technology compared to those who are surrounded by it in a western world but still don't use it?
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