Digital divide is a term that used to define the
hole amongst socioeconomics and districts that have admittance to present day
data and correspondence innovation, and those that don’t or have confined get
to. This innovation can incorporate the phone, TV, PCs and the web such as
Internet.
Extensively, the distinction is not really
controlled by the access to the Internet, however by the access to ICT
(Information and Communications Technologies) and to Media that the diverse
sections of society can utilize. Concerning the Internet, the get to is just a
single angle, different variables, for example, the nature of association and
related administrations ought to be considered. Today the most talked about
issue is the accessibility of the entrance at a reasonable cost and quality.
According to Warschauer (2002), offered an
alternative approach suggesting that in addition to the physical sides of
access, other factors such as content, language, literacy, education and
institutional structures must also be taken into consideration when assessing
the level of information and communication technology use in a community.
Before the late 20th century, digital divide alluded
predominantly to the division between those with and without phone access:
after the late 1990s the term started to be utilized principally to portray the
split between those with and without web get to, especially broadband.
The digital divide regularly exists between those in
urban and rural areas. This includes between the educated and the uneducated,
socioeconomic group, and, all inclusive, between the more and less
industrialized countries. Indeed, even among populations with some entrance to
innovation, the computerized partition can be obvious as lower-execution PC,
low speed of remote and wireless connections, bring down estimated connections,
for example, dial-up, and restricted access to subscription-based.
In different countries, access to the phone
framework was viewed as such a crucial component, to the point that
administrations actualize different strategies to offer affordable telephone
service. Sadly, a few countries have insufficient telephone lines. For example,
Malaysia; in East Malaysia and Borneo Malaysia, the percentage of internet
access is very limited. It includes Kelantan, Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak
where there are some areas that are not well-developed under the ICT context.
As for the index;
References
M. R. (2014, June). What is digital divide? - Definition from WhatIs.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017, from http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/digital-divide
Digital Divide - ICT Information Communications Technology. (2016, September 12). Retrieved March 19, 2017, from http://www.internetworldstats.com/links10.htm
M. R. (2014, June). What is digital divide? - Definition from WhatIs.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017, from http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/digital-divide
Digital Divide - ICT Information Communications Technology. (2016, September 12). Retrieved March 19, 2017, from http://www.internetworldstats.com/links10.htm
So from that i assume digital divide occurs because if the huge gap between urban and rural connectivity. As per se, looking at a modern day, which is today, that digital divide is questionable because everyone from all ages own a smaetphone. Every household haa at least one television and thusbprobably it is not that viable on the context of modern say society.
ReplyDeleteTerima kasih atas perkongsian yang berpengetahuan daripada saudari Fely. Kemajuan digital mengalami perubahan dari semasa ke semasa sebagai contoh perkembangan telofon pintar kini. Sebagai contoh, telofon pintar keluaran Apple yang bermula dari Iphone 3g dan terkini Iphone 7. Setiap perubahan pihak Apple menjadikan sesuatu fungsi yang sangat canggih. Perkembangan intenet juga mempengaruhi perkembangan setiap digital kini.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your sharing, Felicitas. I also think that the digital divide now are still developing. And the connection depends on that certain places. From my own experience, I have problems to contact people and using the Internet when I am at my hometown. I guess that my hometown are still developing and I hope that the digital divide can develop faster. Plus, the telephone lines are also slow and some of communication lines such as celcom and Digi would not be able to connect any Internet or accept calls. SOmetimes, I will go to the city in order to get connect to Internet and getting some telephone lines. It is a little troublesome but it is okay. I even get up from bed and go near the windows and raise the phone higher in order to get some telephone lines.
ReplyDeleteTerima kasih saudari Felicitas. Kecanggihan teknologi pada masa kini begitu pesat membangun. Seperti contoh, setiap syarikat seperti Apple atau Samsung sentiasa mengeluarkan gajet-gajet terbaru mereka pada setiap tahun. Sebagai seorang penduduk tetap di Pulau Pinang, saya tidak menghadapi sebarang masalah untuk melayari internet. Hal ini adalah kerana kawasan di Pulau Pinang rata-rata sudah mempunyai pengaruh internet yang luas. Di samping itu, ayah saya merupakan salah seorang pekerja di Telekom Malaysia. Jadi, tidak hairanlah sekiranya rakan-rakan saya melihat saya sentiasa online sentiasa aktif di media sosial.
ReplyDeleteSememangnya, Perubahan teknologi masa kini.. Sebagai contoh mdh.. Dlu Nokia, Motorolla, Sony Erickson dan lain kini telah beralih kpd Iphone, Asus, Vivo, Oppo, Huawei dan ZTE.. Ini menunjukkan perubahan digital masa kini yg semakin pesat.
ReplyDeleteYa saudari Fel, contohnya tidak jauh dari diri saya sendiri yang mana saya lebih cenderung dalam bidang fotografi dan menggunakan teknologi digital. Perkembangan ini saya alami sendiri yang mana dahulunya sya terlibat dalam bidang ini dengan menggunakan kamera kodak dan sehingga kini saya menggunakan kamera digital (DSLR). Jelas sekali, perkembangan teknologi begitu pesat dan gah pada masa kini.
ReplyDeleteI think that the digital divide is a concern as it can be seen that the access to information differs from every individuals. In my opinion, the lack of Internet access and the inability to own technological devices is a problem which causes the digital divide. This article helps me to understand more about digital divide.
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