The Digital Divide and Cultural Significance

The Digital Divide and Cultural Significance by Dennis L. Wignall, Ph.D. U.S. Government officials and social researchers have long been studying the phenomenon labeled ?The Digital Divide? (DD). The DD is defined as the distance between those people who possess functional computing skills in support of internet access, and those people who do not. The predominate factors limiting the acquisition and/or development of computing skills and subsequent internet access are generally identified …

…assroom, in every pedagogical situation. In addition, computing should be correlated with other media technologies in order to develop and present a multi-media approach to learning and information exchange. We are in the process of establishing a behavioral and conceptual base for the continued development and evolution of human intellect. As a human communication organization it is incumbent upon us to design methodologies that attract and encourage all peoples to participate in this evolutionary process.