Digital Divide: Definition, Factors, Impact, and Operational Working

Assignment
DIGITAL DIVIDE

Contents
1. Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
2. Definition and Explanation..............................................................................................................2
Factors affecting the digital divide:.....................................................................................................4
Impact of digital divide:.......................................................................................................................4
3. Digital Divide operational working.................................................................................................5
Conceptual framework of the Digital Divide:.....................................................................................7
For Example: Working of 3D printing................................................................................................8
4. Benefit:...........................................................................................................................................10
5. Negative Impact.............................................................................................................................11
6. Digital Divide requirement to society............................................................................................12
7. Specific challenges faced by the Information system professionals..............................................14
8. Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................15
9. References:.....................................................................................................................................15

1. Introduction
The technological revolution in the field of ICT trends and technologies and internet had
result into social and economic inequality. The digital divide concept is used for society
discrimination on the basis of the people who use internet and who do not use internet. The
demographics gaps are developed between the internet user and non-internet user. The
development of the smart phones increases the easy accessibility to the internet. The digital
divide between internet user and non-internet user can be contrasted as people living in cities
and rural areas (Chetty, Liu, Wenwei, Josie, Gcora, and Shenglin, 2017). The companies are
looking forward to provide high speed internet to the user for increasing the accessibility to
the global world. The digital divide helps in measuring the interrelationship between human
and computer.
The accessibility of the human interaction can be increased with the easy differentiation of
political, economic, and social values of the people. The people from all age groups are
getting attracted towards the use of internet program for getting access to the global world.
From the historical perspective view, we can predict that the discrimination among the
society goes on the basis of availability of telephone, mobile phones, desktop computer,
laptops, tablet, and others. The increasing innovation in the field of trends and technologies
divide the society into two halves (Williams, 2011). The accessing of the internet and its
connectivity to the global world is becoming the basic need of the people.
The people are depending on internet for satisfying their every basic need through the means
of internet such as deposition of the electricity bill, ticket booking, movies, restaurant, and
others. Every basic requirement can be fulfilled within a fraction of few clicks without
wasting time in the long queues at the corporation office of electricity department, restaurant,
shopping, ticket booking, and others. The people who are not able to use the internet service
have to waste their time in the long queues at the service centre. This create a feeling of
superiority and inferiority among the people on the basis of digitization.
2. Definition and Explanation
The digital divide bridges the gaps between the internet user and non-internet user. The
inclusion of ICT technology has segmented the society into two parts which are categorised
as internet user and non-internet user. The accessing of the internet depends on the

connection speed and required equipment such as Android mobiles and laptops. There are no
international boundaries for accessing the information. The required information can be
retrieved by the user from the global world.
Bridging the gaps between internet user and non-internet user:
From the research, it has been found that the government of the nations are developing
policies and procedures for arranging internet awareness program for the common people,
broadcasting of the TV channel for using the application of the internet, facility of call centre
for guiding them about using the applications, and others. The gaps which exist between the
internet user and non-internet user can be bridged by deploying the following:
 Economic equality: The use of internet is becoming the basic necessity of the people
because every business is looking forward to transform their working tactics to the
digital platform by initializing the concept of ICT technological advancement. The
use of ICT technologies helps in increasing the social welfare services for
incorporating the efficiency and accessibility in the daily working life structure.
 Social Mobility: The people from all age groups are getting attracted towards the use
of internet program for getting access to the global world. The government should
take some action to provide the facility of internet to all the children so that they can
enhance their skills, expertise and talent for their bright future.
 Democracy: The active participation of the people in the internet activities helps in
increasing accessibility to the global world. They can connect to the people living at
the far off places.
 Economic growth: The competitive advantage can be gained by the working
companies to enhance their productivity by adding new features to their component
products.
The non-users are continuously shifted towards the category of digital user. For examples:
The companies or small general stores who are working on the traditional policies and
structure have moved their working platform with digitization. The revolution in the world of
digitization has increased the difference and the discrimination among the people because the
affordability of the digital user increases because they are connected to the digital world. The
inequalities and discrimination opens new opportunities for the common people to expertise
their skills and talent by the inclusion of digital platform. The active participation of the
people increases the economic growth of the nation because it helps in improving the