There are still many obstacles of technology which is stopping it from reaching its full potential. The internet’s purpose is to be limitless and infinite in its abilities and possibilities. There are still barriers that technology needs to overcome for it to become this limitless instrument. The obstacles of the internet are language, geography limitations, filter bubble and the digital divide.
People are separated by technology because we are bounded by language on the internet. One example of this is Wikipedia which according to their list of Wikipedia articles has over 5 million English articles in comparison Cantonese which has only 49,021. (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias) Therefore, for English readers of readers …show more content…
Beginning in the 21st century, technology has become a vital part of society. Every day millions of people have access to their phones, computers, televisions etc. In Pippa Norris’s Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and The Internet Worldwide, she sees the digital divide as a “shorthand for any and every disparity within the online community.”(4) In order to be a part of what is happening socially, economically and political in the world, one needs to access to technology. Nevertheless, not everyone in the world has the opportunity to purchase and use technology. The problem of digital divide is that there is a fast rate of divide between the wealthier class who can keep up with the fast growth of technology and those who cannot. Lower class, elderly and people in rural areas may have the technology but not be able to upgrade or update to the newest and necessary technology. Many individuals do not even have access to any technology at all or may not have access to internet connection. Norris describes this as “the global divide”(4) which is the unequal access to the internet. As Schmidt and Cohen stated, “hundreds of millions of people are, each minute, creating and consuming an untold amount of digital content” but technology will not reach this full potential till everyone in the world can fairly and equally contribute to the growing “rich virtual landscape.”(Schmidt, Cohen
People are separated by technology because we are bounded by language on the internet. One example of this is Wikipedia which according to their list of Wikipedia articles has over 5 million English articles in comparison Cantonese which has only 49,021. (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias) Therefore, for English readers of readers …show more content…
Beginning in the 21st century, technology has become a vital part of society. Every day millions of people have access to their phones, computers, televisions etc. In Pippa Norris’s Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and The Internet Worldwide, she sees the digital divide as a “shorthand for any and every disparity within the online community.”(4) In order to be a part of what is happening socially, economically and political in the world, one needs to access to technology. Nevertheless, not everyone in the world has the opportunity to purchase and use technology. The problem of digital divide is that there is a fast rate of divide between the wealthier class who can keep up with the fast growth of technology and those who cannot. Lower class, elderly and people in rural areas may have the technology but not be able to upgrade or update to the newest and necessary technology. Many individuals do not even have access to any technology at all or may not have access to internet connection. Norris describes this as “the global divide”(4) which is the unequal access to the internet. As Schmidt and Cohen stated, “hundreds of millions of people are, each minute, creating and consuming an untold amount of digital content” but technology will not reach this full potential till everyone in the world can fairly and equally contribute to the growing “rich virtual landscape.”(Schmidt, Cohen