Generations of Digital Divide and Their Meanings

By: Renee Jones

Digital Divide

• Digital divide is an economic inequality between groups, broadly construed, in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies

Digital Literacy

• Digital literacy is the ability to effectively and critically navigate, evaluate and create information using a range of digital technologies.

Interviewees.

• Jeanette Austin- 74• Simply disgusted with how the younger generation spends

their time on social networks.

• Nathan Lewandowsky- 28• Feels that social networks create a lot of problems, he goes by

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words never will”

• Jake Peterson – 20• Being able to communicate with friends and family who are all

over the world.

• Tanner Gifford- 9 • . "We simply use the programs that have been made for us,

and enter our text in the appropriate box on the screen“(Rushkoff pg.19)

The more you reject it, the faster it will program you.