1.Define the digital divide in your own words.
Ans ( “The Digital Divide, or the digital split, is a social issue referring to the differing amount of information between those who have access to the Internet (specially broadband access) and those who do not have access.”)
Digital divide is the divide between the people who can use technology and benefit from it and the people who can’t .
2. What causes the digital divide?
(Include differences in technology and areas of society)
Ans (poverty, location)
3. in your opinion, what can be done to reduce the digital divide in Oman.
Ans (the government can focus on the villages and the poor people)
The Digital Divide
The digital divide is the divide between the people who can use technology and the people who can't, either because they can't afford to buy a computer or because they don’t know how to use it.
In the twenty one century the interaction between the humans with technology. The technology became very important and necessary for us, because it makes life easier. We can do online shopping and business, and also can communicate with people all around the world and so much more. Many people in the world don’t have access to technology. Instances of factors which cause this separation are things such as geographical causes, economical …show more content…
In the Rich World there is the gap between those who have the talents and understanding to interact with the technology and persons who are efficiently passive clients of it. We still live in a world that will never quite find a peaceful harmony when it comes to technology. This problem impacts our lives personally and professionally as the world and our workplace lags behind. The digital divide creates a chasm of culture between the techies and the non-techies, leaving us to feel like foreigners, minorities who have tasted the fruit of effectiveness and