DIGITAL DIVIDE A SOCIOECONOMIC DIVIDE WHAT IS DIGITAL

DIGITAL DIVIDE A SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIVIDE

WHAT IS DIGITAL DIVIDE? DIGITAL DIVIDE IS ABOUT THE LACK OF DIGITAL ACCESS( THE FULL PARTICIPATION IN THE SOCIETY) [Ribble, 2011]

CONTINUATION O Digital divide is also known as the factor that is mostly associated with geo-demographic factors because of the issue of developing and developed countries in which access to the internet for the public varies

SOCIAL, KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN CAPITAL O Social capital : “is the collective value of all social networks and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other. [Better. Together. Initiative, (s. a. )] O Knowledge capital : an asset that compromises the Information and skills of a company’s employees, their experience with business processes, group work and on the job learning. O Human capital : the collective skill, knowledge or other asset of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers or their community.

CORRELATION BETWEEN THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND THE CAPITALS O Digital divide and social capital : the relationship between the two is mainly that people will be connected to each other through social media but also has an impact in which people are not able to access or will be limited to access social media O Digital divide and Human capital : people are different and have different set of skills so digital divide impacts this in a way that most workers are amongst those that do not have access to the technology causing them not to be able to expand their knowledge skills in using technology

CONTINUATION O Digital divide and knowledge capital : the are linked reason being a collective of knowledge has to be shared with people but digital divide prevents that from happening because some people do not have access to the internet

REMIFICATIONS OF DIGITAL DIVIDE O Digital divide opens doors to significant problems/ issues in a large number of places around the world O The following are the results of digital divide: O Digital access results in some parts of the world not having access to the internet “as 2003 , only seven percent of the world’s 6. 4 billion people have had access to the world wide web” [Ryder M, 2005] O Digital divide causes language barriers: There is a problem with the languages one can get on the internet, this then causes a communication barrier for certain countries.

CONTINUATION O Digital divide is a regional divide too, the rich can access the internet and the ever evolving technology, while the poor citizens are not able to afford the internet and the evolving technology O Digital divide between the old and new generation, technology is evolving and businesses are too because of the technological demands and they would do anything to keep up with the times, therefore this creates a gap because the older generation may have problems with using the internet to get some information from the internet.

SOLUTIONS ON HOW TO SOLVE THE ISSUES AROUND ACCESS O The government can send digital technology equipment O Provide access to technology O Make people understand benefits of and how to use technology O Help people with special needs

PICTURE OF DIGITAL DIVIDE THE SOCIOECONOMIC FACTOR THE END !