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Digital Divide

Published on Nov 19, 2015

What is Digital Divide and how do we solve it?

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Digital Divide

By - Jason Pegg
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Digital Divide,

What does it mean?
The Digital Divide is often referred to as a gap between those who have access to the internet, computer technology, and the skills to use technology and those who don't have access or the skills to use technology.
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Digital Inequality,

What does it mean?
Digital Inequality focuses less on the “haves” and “have-nots”, and refers not just to differences in access, but also to inequality among persons with formal access to the
Internet.(DiMaggio) An example of an inequality among persons can be a difference in the quality of computers or technology.
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What's the Difference?

The main differences are:

Digital Divide refers more to those who have and those who don't have access to computers and the internet.

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The Digital Inequality that focuses more on the differences between the persons with Internet access. Including differences in equipment, knowledge, participation, etc.
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The Big Issues

Both the Digital Divide and Digital Inequality refer to a large gap between groups of people using the internet and or computers. Let's take a look at the big issues.
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The Big Issues

  • The Economics issue.
  • The Usability issue.
  • The participation issue.
The first issue is the economic issue, which refers to the gap between low and high income families.

The second issue is the usability issue, which refers to the gap in users technology knowledge.

The last issue is the participation issues, which refers to those who have access to computers and the internet but choose not to use it.
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The Economic Issue

There is a major gap between different income statuses. In a study conducted by Pew Research Center, In 2013, 24% of adults living in a low income home(annual income under $30,000) don't use the internet vs. only 4% of adults living in a high income home (annual income $75,000) don't use the internet.(Zickuhr)
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The Usability Issue

In 2013, 32% of adult Americans not using the internet cited usability as the reason for not using the net (Zickuhr). Some of the usability issues are lack of computer knowledge, age, difficulty and disability.
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and the Issue of Participation

The participation issue relates more with Digital Inequality. This issue refers to those who have computers with internet access but choose not to participate because of outdated equipment, frustrating slow internet connection, and or lack of interest to name a few.
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How do we solve this....?

How do we solve these issues? I think in the U.S we are making progress to close the digital gap. We are on the right track to succeed, so here are my proposed solution for these 3 big issues.
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Economic Issue

Solution...
Many global projects such as
The Global Text Project http://www.globaltext.org/team.html
and the One Laptop per Child program http://laptop.org/en/index.shtml
are already helping to close the global digital divide. Recently many local educational institutions and schools have started receiving government grants for 1:1 laptop or iPad use in the classroom.
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The Usability Issue

Solution...
To solve the usability issue I feel that we need more training for the educators so that they are able to understand the usability issues. Also more training from a younger age for the students I feel would help solve the problem.
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Participation issue

Solution...
I think that steps are being made already to solve the issue of participation. Providing updated equipment for students and interactive activities will help to keep students interested. Also providing each student with a school issued laptop with access to the internet would help as well.
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Why should we care?

Why should we care about the digital divide? The truth is kids today are tech savvy but many are computer illiterate. In a recent interview with an educator from Newark, NJ., Rachel Warzala said, “A lot of my students have smartphones, and that doesn’t mean they have a computer with Internet access at home. That doesn’t mean they can type or submit assignments.” She goes on to say, “They’re all over Twitter but they don’t know how to save a Word document.”(Goodman)
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So in closing, the digital divide is still very much a problem, but we can solve these issues, and we should.
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References

References

Goodman, J. (n.d.). The Digital Divide Is Still Leaving Americans Behind. Retrieved February 17, 2015, from http://mashable.com/2013/08/18/digital-divide/

DiMaggio, P., & Hargittai, E. (n.d.). Working Paper - From the 'Digital Divide' to `Digital Inequality' Retrieved February 17, 2015, from http://www.princeton.edu/~artspol/workpap15.html

Zickuhr, K. (2013, September 24). Who’s Not Online and Why. Retrieved February 17, 2015, from http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/09/25/whos-not-online-and-why/

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