The digital divide is a rigt created by the fact that there is portions of our society that have access to modern technology such as computers and the internet and their are large portions of our society that do not have access nor do they know how to use the technology.There are many aspects of our society that are affected by this growing divide:
Education: Many students now rely on computers and the internet for much of their assignments in school but, if a school gets a new computer lab for its students but doesnt train the teachers on how to use it effectively as a tool for teaching it will go to waste and the money spent on it could have been to better enhance the students current learning style.
Government: Our government has progressivly been streamlining some of their services into online forms. The DMV, Taxes, and other such establishments are now all available online but, for those who do not have internet access these processes they are still long and tedious and take up valuable time which could be used to work and support their families.
Health: Much of our modern day health care system can be taken care of online. You can sign up for health insurance and other such things online without having to spend hours at an agency and yet those people who do not have access to computers or internet still face the issue of losing time needed for work in order to do taskes that are no so easily accomplished.
Entertainment: One of the most simple pleasures in our society is our entertainment industry. In our technological era we are moving towards our entertainment being delivered via the internet. IT is not an issue that is necessarily detrimental to any ones health but again its is one of the simple pleasures we have in our society.
Work: The work force in our society today is extremely dependent on the workers ability to use modern technology. For the workers who are now older and yet still need to make a living getting training for a whole new skill set would prove to be very difficult and knowing the information well enough to be qualified for a well paying job would be even harder so the digital divide is favoring the younger more tech savvy generations over the generations of the past.
