Poverty

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Poverty
One of the major factors is of course poverty, we
live in a world where the rich seem to get richer
and the poor, poorer. But how is this affecting
the Digital Divide? In developing countries we
can all guess that money isnt something everyone
has, and every on that does have it, doesnt have
a lot of it, how does this effect the gap? Well
these people simply do not have the money to buy
the equipment needed to bridge the gap, and in
most cases, countries that are in poverty are
more worried about the basic things of life such
as clean water, teaching hygiene and putting food
on the table, than they are about getting a
computer so that they can access the internet!
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Not only is poverty found in other countries and
continents but it is also a common reality within
the UK, where certain individuals simply cannot
afford to buy computers and have internet access
at home.
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Gender

• Another factor to effect the digital divide is
  gender.
• It has been stereotyped that girls are all about
  make up and doing their hair and boys are all
  about their gadgets.
• Because of this stereotype the female sex is not
  encouraged enough to actually go forward and use
  the technology that is so readily available, they
  feel as if its not meant for them and so in turn
  dont have the confidence to use this. It seems
  as if industries seem to aim their products at
  the male sex, using advertisements that appeal to
  them etc. and the females dont feel the need to
  catch onto the technology needed.

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Age

• One other factor that I am going to discuss is
  age. How does age affect the digital divide you
  ask? Well lets take a look.
• Much like the gender factor this factor is mostly
  about stereo typing. The younger generation has
  everything to do with technology aimed at them
  while the older generations dont seem to be
  encouraged to use technology.
• Another point is that because the older
  generations didnt grow up with technology,
  whereas the younger generations have, they feel
  that modern technology isnt for them and so they
  leave it for the younger generations.

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Disability

• The final factor I am going to discuss is
  disability. This would be about the access and
  facility that the disabled have to the technology
  we have today. Although efforts have been made to
  make all technology user friendly, things such as
  mobiles seem to still remain rather difficult for
  a disabled person to use due to the small buttons
  and small screens.
• Because of this fact it seems that disable people
  shy away from technology and much like the gender
  and age factor, feel like this technology isnt,
  meant for them.

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Of course there are much deeper, more complexed
factors that affect the digital divide but this
PowerPoint has only gone through the more basic
factors. After reading this you might ask
yourself, well what is being done to bridge this
gap? Well the next power point presentation on
this topic will take care of this subject.
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