What Are the Causes of the Digital Divide?

There are a few causes of the digital divide that is increasing in our current time and technology has changed a lot, so that is changed growing problem in a lot of fields.

The first cause is " Age"

when I was young, we do not have any access to the internet because the digital divide has not developed in the past and our new generation has fully connected to the digital divide. They cannot live without it because everything in this world needs access to the internet. On the other hand, scientists for people over the age of sixty-five show that 44 percent have no access to or do not use it.  

The second cause is “Social factors”

People with more money have more access to technology and the Internet. Those who have achieved higher educational levels obviously have more knowledge about its use and benefits. The digital divide mimics the divisions caused by income, education, and social standing all around the world.

The third one is “Racial, Cultural, and Language”

What I mean by racial, cultural, and language is that when someone speaks a language other than English, it will be difficult to use online resources because many of them are not accessible in a format they can understand fully.

Citation

Caumont, Andrea. “Who's Not Online? 5 Factors Tied to the Digital Divide.” Pew Research Center, Pew Research Center, 30 May 2020, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/11/08/whos-not-online-5-factors-tied-to-the-digital-divide/.

What are the causes of the digital divide? (no date) Digital Responsibility. Available at: http://www.digitalresponsibility.org/what-are-the-causes-of-digital-divide (Accessed: November 28, 2022).