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Digital Divide

Digital Divide. By: Rebecca Smith and Patrick Simms. What is it?. Digital divide is defined as the gap between people that have access to the internet and those that do not. It is also defined as the gap between those that constantly use the internet and those that do not.

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Digital Divide

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  1. Digital Divide By: Rebecca Smith and Patrick Simms

  2. What is it? • Digital divide is defined as the gap between people that have access to the internet and those that do not. • It is also defined as the gap between those that constantly use the internet and those that do not.

  3. Why is it important? • With the distribution of wealth already heavily unbalanced in society, those with access to the Internet are becoming even richer through the power of information • The digital divide is compounding the effects of socio-economic divisions

  4. Personal Experience • Not having internet access, • Vacation • No service • Not having a certain piece of technology • Dead technologies

  5. Solutions • Affordable broadband access • Wireless networks • educational programs • workshops • Library administrators could provide a workshop on how to search the internet

  6. Poll everywhere survey • http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTExNTcxMjY0OTM

  7. Reference page • http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/spring131/block131.html • http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~eroberts/cs201/projects/digital-divide/start.html • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/definition

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