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Poverty

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?

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Poverty

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  1. 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 isn’t something everyone has, and every on that does have it, doesn’t 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!

  2. 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.

  3. 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 it’s not meant for them and so in turn don’t 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 don’t feel the need to catch onto the technology needed.

  4. 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 don’t seem to be encouraged to use technology. Another point is that because the older generations didn’t grow up with technology, whereas the younger generations have, they feel that modern technology isn’t for them and so they leave it for the younger generations.

  5. 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 isn’t, meant for them.

  6. 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. End

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