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The digital divide in the United States refers to inequalities between individuals, households, and other groups of different demographic and socioeconomic levels in access to information and communication technologies ("ICTs") and in the knowledge and skills needed to effectively use the information gained from connecting.
The second-level digital divide, also referred to as the production gap, describes the gap that separates the consumers of content on the Internet from the producers of content. [129] As the technological digital divide is decreasing between those with access to the Internet and those without, the meaning of the term digital divide is evolving ...
The digital divide is an economic and social inequality with regard to access to, use of, or impact of information and communication technologies (ICT). [1] Factors causing the divide can vary depending on the country and culture, as can the potential solutions for minimizing or closing the divide.
Millions of older people are suffering from loneliness and are cut off from the digital world, a charity has warned. The Mental Health Foundation, which surveyed more than 6,000 adults in the UK ...
Age is the largest factor of digital divide in South Korea. Older people, specifically the elderly, are placed at a higher disadvantage compared to the younger generation. With the constant upgrades in technological devices, in which most of them have new features included, the elderly struggle to keep up with these new changes.
Digital media can become addictive for older adults; with so much to see and learn, it's easy to lose literally hours. That's why it's a good idea to take a balanced approach and limit the time ...
The global digital divide is a special case of the digital divide; the focus is set on the fact that "Internet has developed unevenly throughout the world" [14]: 681 causing some countries to fall behind in technology, education, labor, democracy, and tourism.
The 'digital divide', or the differences in access to digital technologies experienced by certain social groups such as the socioeconomically disadvantaged, those of lower education levels, women and the elderly, has preoccupied many researchers in the social scientific study of digital media.