Why is access to technology insufficient to eliminate the digital divide?
Article originally written for my Langara's Management Information Systems course - 06/15/2018 Even when access is provided, quality of use adds another component to the divide – more educated users will theoretically reach out for better quality and relevance, as well as being able to critically analyze what is being seen. Less prepared users may even spend more time connected, but will access poorer sources, and will lack the skills to evaluate the information received. U.S. studies have showed that ‘minority’ children were spending more time accessing media – which is a generic label for everything that can be accessed electronically, good or bad. Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner mention on their debut book “Freakonomics”[1], that · successful/educated parents, · parents that attend PTA meetings, · book availability at…