The very first chapter is a good introduction to what the digital divide was to a person who has never heard the term. The standard issue of access to the web is those who are connected with technology and the internet and those who are not. When this was written, the web was quite a bit less far reaching and integrated as it is today. With this distinct point make, the access wouldn’t be as much of an issue as would someone of the current world would think. There are always those who are part of the have nots who won’t cross “the divide” because they do not know how to work with the technology. Ways to diminish that are to adhere to tech faith by spending allotted time online, and to pursue enough of that time to learn how to use it properly.
Monroe begins to outline the three specifications in the title making the access issue not only through tech but is also illustrated through race differences, socioeconomic status, and differences shown through their writing. It would most likely believe that the minorities would have lacked access, when in truth it is economic status. The economic status had changed the availability of having the technology at home and school, but it was shown that the resources in the class had not changed either side of the divide. In any case, the poorer status still had the disadvantage.
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