Economical Causes
One of the main causes of the digital divide is simply how some people in certain parts of the world cannot afford to fund for technology. This is certainly the case in the African continent where money and food is scarce, so people are unable to spend money on things such as computers as they do not even have this money to start with! Although, even if these people did have money, they would be more likely to spend it on food and water as to these people, technology is not a necessity for life to flourish (which in sense is true). This view of technology not being as important on other commodities or food is not specific to LEDC’s – it is also visible in major MEDC countries! In MEDC’s, economical causes are still present as a reason for the digital divide. It is a common misconception that just because someone lives in an MEDC, they will be economically well off. However, there are always the people who are not as well off as other people within countries due to income, essentially causing segregation and a digital divide between rich and poor.
This divide widens further as a result of people with different economic backgrounds associating with each other. By this, I mean how even in the community where I live, some people have access to certain technologies whereas others do not, simply because a wealth gap between these people – where one person may happily spend £500 to upgrade to an iPhone, someone else may not be able to afford such upgrade, and so will ultimately be left behind in regards of technology, as they will remain with older hardware and software. This in effect causes a digital divide between populations as some people are able to speed ahead with technology as it constantly develops as they have money to do so, whereas other people are forced to slowly catch up in the race, solely because they cannot afford top notch technologies.
One of the main causes of the digital divide is simply how some people in certain parts of the world cannot afford to fund for technology. This is certainly the case in the African continent where money and food is scarce, so people are unable to spend money on things such as computers as they do not even have this money to start with! Although, even if these people did have money, they would be more likely to spend it on food and water as to these people, technology is not a necessity for life to flourish (which in sense is true). This view of technology not being as important on other commodities or food is not specific to LEDC’s – it is also visible in major MEDC countries! In MEDC’s, economical causes are still present as a reason for the digital divide. It is a common misconception that just because someone lives in an MEDC, they will be economically well off. However, there are always the people who are not as well off as other people within countries due to income, essentially causing segregation and a digital divide between rich and poor.
This divide widens further as a result of people with different economic backgrounds associating with each other. By this, I mean how even in the community where I live, some people have access to certain technologies whereas others do not, simply because a wealth gap between these people – where one person may happily spend £500 to upgrade to an iPhone, someone else may not be able to afford such upgrade, and so will ultimately be left behind in regards of technology, as they will remain with older hardware and software. This in effect causes a digital divide between populations as some people are able to speed ahead with technology as it constantly develops as they have money to do so, whereas other people are forced to slowly catch up in the race, solely because they cannot afford top notch technologies.
