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Title: DIGITAL DIVIDE


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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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Introduction
  • Digital divide Gap in access to digital and IT
  • Can be global or local
  • Two facets
  • Gap in physical access
  • Gap in IT resources and skill
  • Digital divide in different areas social,
    education, and political

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Digital divide in social areas
  • ICT has impacted on social life
  • Social interaction
  • Social development
  • Increased digital divide increased social gap
  • Digital divide results from social gap

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Digital divide in Educational areas
  • ICT in education
  • e-learning
  • virtual classroom
  • e-libraries
  • Digital divide imbalance in education
  • E-Rate Rich schools vs. poor school computer
    and internet access

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Political digital divide
  • ICT in e-governance
  • Politics depends on access to information on
    governance
  • Political digital divide
  • Little civic engagement
  • Information poverty

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Conclusion
  • Digital divide Gap in access to digital and IT
  • Digital divide leads to social gap
  • Digital divide leads to imbalance in use of ICT
    tools in education
  • In politics digital divide leads to low level of
    civic engagement

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