New Media Technology: Bridging the Gap: The Digital Divide and Its Impact on Social and Economic Inequalities

This assignment evaluates the digital divide, exploring how new media technology influences social and economic inequalities.

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Running head:New Media Technology1New Media TechnologyName:Professor:University attached:Date:Discuss the concept of the "digital divide" and its impact on social and economic inequalities.How has the lack of access to technology created disparities in education, careeropportunities,and global economies? Provide examples to support your argument. (Word count: 700-900words)

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New Media Technology2Introduction:Technologyhas made the pioneers andmakers capable. This has madea digital dividegenerally characterized as a crevice that isolates individuals from access to innovationinstruments. This unavailability to innovation by individuals has prompted issues that emerge associal disparity and moral issues with respect to the individuals who utilizationtechnology andthose who do not. There has crept up a wall so impenetrable that this unequal access has led to.The digitaldivide:Theterm ‘digitaldivide’ isone of thedecade’sgreatestsourcesof debate. With the rapidrise of internet technology and computer taking all domains by storm and the access toinformation that peoplehave hasleft certainsectorsof the society wanting in itsabilityto adaptto technology tools. This has ledtoa divide betweenthose who use and those who don’tuse. (Gore, A. (1998)The individuals who have admittance to web and the PC have involved a specialposition in the public arena and have gradually turned out to be capable in all detect. Theyinvolve the purported upper space in social orders attempting to utilize innovation to do everyone of their exercises.Technology has invaded all kinds ofactivitiesfromscholarly studies andinvestigations, professional meetings and conferences, political speeches andpolicy analysis, andthe popular press and media.This has slowlyand verypowerfullycreatedagapbetween those who know and haveaccesstotechnology tools andfor thosewhoneither know technology nor can afford it. This iscalled a s acyber boleby newagethinkers.(Hoffman, D.L., T.P. Novak and A.E. Schlosser(2000
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