Digital divide

photos, prefer using Nikon cameras as it provides more memory space to store photographs as compared to smartphones (Business Insider, 2015). Another threat of substitutes is film cameras. Film camera has a lot of disadvantages as compared to today’s digital SLR cameras that companies like Nikon manufacture (PetaPixel, 2015). Users of film camera do not have the luxury of scrolling through their photographs and deleting photos that they dislike immediately, instead they have to patiently wait to…

Throughout the semester we’ve been talking about art. For my project I wanted to do something I love, so I have a photograph of a water balloon popping. Photography is a way of art because it can capture people, objects, scenes, etc, in a photograph. One photograph can say a lot about something. As for my photo, it does not have a universal message but it says something about how I like to see things. I like to capture objects that someone wouldn 't usually see by just looking with their eyes,…

When I was younger I had a fascination with dinosaurs. I would spend countless hours recreating the images and sketches found in the copious amount of dinosaur books I acquired. I remember distinctly deciding that I would be a paleontologist in kindergarten so I could breed dinosaurs. And I also remember distinctly going home and crying after learning that all the cool ones were dead. Nobody cares about birds, and my dinosaur phase soon wore off. Although my little life now had no purpose I…

A DLSR slider is perhaps one of the most important pieces of equipment to today 's digital photographer. Perhaps the most exciting thing about today DSLRs is that they not only allow us to create breathtaking photos of a quality that has never been able to be done before, but they also let us expand out creative horizons into ultra high-quality video projects as well. Photographers have always wished or a way to bridge the gap between photo and video easily and with a DSLR that is finally able…

On October 4th, 1888, George Eastman had patented a new camera. This camera was incredibly easy to use, easy to carry, and affordable to middle class; costing about twenty five dollars for the camera and ten dollars for film and development. The camera was a black leather box about sixteen by nine by eight centimeters. It was handheld and had a fifty-seven millimeter lens. (Steidl 9) This camera was the Kodak Camera. In 1900 Eastman now came out with the Brownie Camera. It was a six-exposure…

Executive Summary Polaroid Corporation was established in 1937 by Edwin H. Land which is the former founder of this corporation. Polaroid is an American international and eyewear consumer electronics company. It is very well known with its creation of instant film cameras, which starting to be launched in the market in 1948 and be the first company to introduce such product. By the late 1980, Polaroid was vulnerable for takeover due to certain reasons which are low profit of the company, carried…

Digital divide amongst various regions of the world that have distinct levels of infrastructure prevent them from integrating into the global economy. In the developing countries, digital divide is uneven as some cities and regions develop rapidly, while other rural areas have a great disconnection in terms of technology. Digital divide not only divides the society into two groups, instead takes various forms of disadvantage…

Introduction Over the last decade, the Digital Divide amongst low income homes has grown, this phenomenon for many years. (Schradie, 2011). The divide inequality is the result of difference between citizens that make use of these types of internet services and tools and those citizens who do not have the resources to do so (DiMaggio and Hargittai, 2001) Though income, inequality, internet access and all barriers toward the internet, the relevance, usability, and price/cost considerations are the…

Very little reviews and data is available for seniors, but that does not mean there are not adverse effects of falling in the “gray divide.” Throughout the course of this review, negative results of the digital divide are primarily deliberated in relation with political data, like social capital, inclusion, and support. However the health, disability, and well-being are equally as important, and the benefits outweigh the risks social adversities that seniors may face. For example, these…

and the internet (Digital Divide). Surprisingly, seventy percent of the world does not have access to the internet or opportunities to operate technologies such as computers and smart phones (Zickhur). In America, one in five people do not use the internet (Zickhur). Without digital access they are left without the skills needed to prosper in a growing technological world. Advocating equal electronic rights could not be any more important than it is today, because a lack of digital access is a…