Science and Technology

Running head: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Science and Technology
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1SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Assessment 1B
2. The digital divide could be defined as a term that would refer to the gap that is put
between regions and demographics, which would have the basic access to the modern form of
technology based on information and communications and for them who do not have restricted
form of access. This kind of technology would also be include the television, telephone, Internet
and the personal computers (Ragnedda and Muschert 2013).
The digital divide primarily exists in those kind of cities and especially within rural areas.
It might also occur within uneducated and educated people, between the socio-economic groups
and also between lee or more industrially developed nations. The digital divide could also be
prevalent in between populations who would have less access to high technology with the fact
that they would have lower performance based computers, lower-priced connections based on
wireless technology and limited form of subscription to specific contents.
In the previous times, the digital divide could be used for the description of the different
kinds of rates based on technology that would be adopted by different kinds of groups. In the
recent age of high form of technology, the accessibility to high form of internet access have been
mainly seen as an increasing advantage with the advent of high kinds of technologies. The reality
based on a separate form of marketplace would be seen as a form of problem due to the huge rise
in the kinds of technologies (Van Deursen and Van Dijk 2014). The kind of technologies would
include video conferencing, virtual class rooms and video on demand. These technological
services would require high kinds of internet connections that would have high speed.
10. Based on the current works performed by robots, it could be discussed that they
would not be a threat to the workforce but instead would be very much helpful in easing the hard