THE

DIGITAL
DIVIDE
 WHAT ARE WE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT?

• What is the digital divide?

• Causes
• Effects
 WHAT IS THE DIGITAL
DIVIDE?

Digital Divide refers to the gap

between those who benefit from
digital technology and those who
do not.
 WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE?
POVERTY

• No money
• Basic needs of life
come first
• Multi layer nations

Picture: library.thinkquest.org/J003358F/money_tree5.jpg
 WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE?
AGE
Younger generations are differs from older generations by
technology.
The reasons for that:
• Technology is foreign to older generations
• Multi-tasking
• Fear (the unknown)
• Interest in technology
• Discovery based learning
 WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE?
AGE

2000-2004 access increased by 47% for people over age of 65.

Example of Latvia.
 WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE?
CLASS AND EDUCATION
More you earn, the better educated you are -> the bigger opportunity you have
to access the internet.
 WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE?
GENDER

• Internet promised
democracy and equality
• Internet considered male
dominant society
• Women deal with
discrimination
 WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF
THE
DIGITAL DIVIDE?
In this Information Society we are living nowadays,
GLOBALIZATION is the key of our economic system.

GLOBALIZATION was possible due to many factors:

- The lower price of the transport.
- The liberation of markets.
- The birth of supranational communities.
(i.e. European Community)
- Development of communications-
The INTERNET
 WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF
THE
DIGITAL DIVIDE?
This led to an INTERNET-BASED ECONOMY and
INTER-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM.

The only way to be part of this “Internet Society” is

having access and knowledge to its use.
The NO access to the Internet make people BE
APART FROM this society increasing the DIGITAL
DIVIDE, but also a SOCIAL DIVIDE.