Digital Divide
We have talked a bit about what is called the 'digital divide' in class. This refers to the idea that in current and future generations, people who dont have access to the internet are deprived in a sense. That is to say, those who are without a computer arent able to stay as current as far as news or access the same educational sources as others. While this holds a lot of truth, and I agree with the fact that this is happening, I believe that with globalization, the problem will be fixed in time. True, students that go to Sartell (or any other public school nationwide for that matter) are practically required to have a computer, but some have other opinions on the matter. Surprisingly, I found more articles against the theory of the 'digital divide' than for. One I read is quite opinionated, stating that the notion of the 'digital divide' and attempts to stop it are just another way to get taxpayers money. After reading it, it occurred to me that it would be quite profitable to computer company such as Microsoft to promote the idea of the digital divide, encouraging those who dont have computers to go buy at least one. In either case both sides make sense, its a tough call here. The link I found is below:http://www.nationalcenter.org/P21NVGreenDivide400.html
posted by Anonymous @ 2/26/2006 04:47:00 PM
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I think there is always going to be a digital divide because of the constant flow of new goods and products that hit the market everyday and somebody is always going to be ahead of somebody. I do believe that Microsoft could be behind promoting such an idea, it does sound like quite the market scheme. At the same time though I think it's just natural for better and newer technologies to roll out and for some countries to stay ahead and other to stay behind. It would be nice if every country could get to the very basics of an internet connection however. Just think how much more communicative we could be if everyone had access to this same connection, and it would be even nicer if everyone had access to high speed internet. Just think of the many resources that we make daily use of on the internet and how beneficial it would be everyone had access to those same resources.
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