Digitized

The digital divide as we discussed in class is a division of communities and or groups of people that either have access to or dont have access to the digital world and technology. For example I come from a middle class family and we were able to grow up with a computer and the internet, I was able to use, play, and learn in a digital environment. However let’s say my friend, Mike from high school, was not as well off and was never able to use a computer at home. He did not have the access to the money or resources to get access to the digital world. So therefore there is a divide between how I was able to get access and able to learn how to use the technology, and my friend was not able to.

Another good example other than the windows vs. mac would be a person who has and Iphone and one who has lets say a Jitterbug. Now both are a form of technology but look at the divide between the amount of access to information one has than the other. An Iphone is a multipurpose device. You can get on the internet, text, play games, make music, take picture, and even make a simple phone call. Where as the Jitterbug is a literally just a phone with giant buttons. You can text or get on the internet or anything like that. The divide between someone who has an Iphone to one who doesn’t is giant. And I would bet that those who do own a Jitterbug are very likely to not know how to use or what to do with an Iphone. There will always be a divide between the haves and the have nots, and it will only continue to get larger and larger until the digital world can become more affordable and more available than it is already, and people change to want to learn and get access to it.