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Media and the digital divide
The nature of technology and the media as it relates to the concept of a digital divide is a huge topic and a good deal has been written about this subject. This article will look at this concept from a social policy perspective with some transgression into the role of community information as an approach to enabling people to both access and effectively use technology. Some identify the divide as the technological gap that exists between the developed and developing world. For example, Webopedia defines the digital divide as “a term used to describe the discrepancy between people who have access to and the resources to use new information and…