Will the digital divide-the gap between those with access to modern information and communications technology and those without it-disappear over time?

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  • Tony Clayton - 9 years ago

    The 'technology' digital divide will diminish over time as costs fall and new ways of including citizens develop. But the gap in people's ability to use the digital domain will remain - and the degree to which people are excluded will depend on education, incentives and regulation.

  • Sourav Sinha - 9 years ago

    Earlier there was lack of access to internet in rural areas and so the digital gap was more. Now even though the technology may seem to be developing as a faster rate, but with access of internet the digital divide will always reduce with time.
    We can account the problem in three facts namely a) Availability b) Accessibility c) Affordability.
    a) Internet is ready to penetrate every strata of society
    b) With smart phone in every hands, it is accessible to all.
    c) With increased market competition, the cost of internet is going to reduce.

  • Rahul Srivastava - 9 years ago

    Technologies resolve the problems and increase the overall efficiency in the system. The challenges are different for both the groups. The population without internet access will be significantly improved over the time due to quality economic services and tools. But at the same time, population with technology will further move to next level of advancement. In my opinion this new level of technological advancement will not be a necessary thing to be achieved by the first less-technology enabled group.
    Therefore the meaningful divide will definitely reduced but not completely because human aspirations and requirements will never be fulfilled.

  • jaideep chatterjee - 9 years ago

    The role of technocrats to disseminate the gap between poor and richer make possible in the form digitization.

  • Okumu Joseph - 9 years ago

    The gap between those with access to modern technology and those without will never at any point in time completely disappear but only reduced drastically. The drastic reduction in cost must be incentivizing rather than strangling the development technology. Again this will depend on the given economic philosophy. If it is free market economy with emphasis on individual profits then those in a more social value based economy then the drastic reduction in cost will be absolutely meaningless.

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