Dual Digital Divide

The dual digital divide is going to create many problems for some people in the future. The divide is between users and non-users of the internet. There is a further divide called the "dual" divide, which is a divide of the non-users. This divide is the non-users that don't have the money for the internet, and the people who have no interest in the internet. The access people have to the internet isn't fair because the people who are better off are going to be more able to get the internet because they can afford it and poorer people don't have the money to get the internet. with the increase in the use of technology more people are going to need to use such things as the internet, and we need to find a way that people aren't going to be left behind in the world because they don't have the internet. I think somebody like the government should be giving people more access to such things. Maybe more access to libraries with free internet connection, or even free internet connection in your own home. This would really get rid of the divide because everybody would be able to have the internet and not worry about money. The major thing that is separating people is money, even in such small things as the internet. We need to do something before there are too many people left behind nit having or really knowing about the internet.

Reddick, Andrew (2000/12/04). The Dual Digital Divide: The Information Highway in Canada. Retrieved May 12, 2008, from DDn Articles Web site: http://www.digitaldivide.net/articles/view.php?ArticleID=328.

Jamie Gundry