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{{Short description|Inequality of access to information and communication technologies}} The '''digital divide''' is the unequal access to [[information technology|digital technology]], including [[smartphone]]s, tablets, [[laptop]]s, and the internet.<ref name=":6">{{cite book |doi=10.4324/9780203069769 |title=The Digital Divide |year=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-203-06976-9 |editor-last1=Ragnedda |editor-last2=Muschert |editor-first1=Massimo |editor-first2=Glenn W }}</ref><ref name="ZhouLeidig2015">{{cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Wei-Xing |last2=Leidig |first2=Mathias |last3=Teeuw |first3=Richard M. |year=2015 |title=Quantifying and Mapping Global Data Poverty |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=11 |pages=e0142076 |bibcode=2015PLoSO..1042076L |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0142076 |pmc=4641581 |pmid=26560884 |doi-access=free}}</ref> The digital divide worsens inequality around access to information and resources. In the [[Information Age]], people without access to the Internet and other technology are at a disadvantage, for they are unable or less able to connect with others, find and apply for jobs, shop, and learn.<ref name=":6"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Park |first=Sora |title=Digital capital |publisher=Palgrave MacMillan |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-137-59332-0 |location=London |oclc=1012343673}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Warschauer |first1=Mark |chapter=Digital Divide |title=Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science |date=2009 |publisher=[[CRC Press]] |isbn=9780203757635 |pages=1551β1556 |edition=3rd |doi=10.1081/E-ELIS3-120043692 |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1081/E-ELIS3-120043692/digital-divide-mark-warschauer |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Dijk |first1=Jan van |title=The Digital Divide |date=2020 |publisher=[[Polity (publisher)|Polity]] |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-1-509-53445-6 |pages=208}}</ref> People who are [[homeless]], living in poverty, elderly people, and those living in rural communities may have limited access to the Internet; in contrast, urban middle class and upper-class people have easy access to the Internet. Another divide is between producers and consumers of Internet content,<ref name="Graham2">{{Cite journal |last1=Graham |first1=M. |date=July 2011 |title=Time machines and virtual portals: The spatialities of the digital divide |journal=Progress in Development Studies |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=211β227 |citeseerx=10.1.1.659.9379 |doi=10.1177/146499341001100303 |s2cid=17281619}}</ref><ref name="Reilley2">{{cite journal |author=Reilley, Collen A. |date=January 2011 |title=Teaching Wikipedia as a Mirrored Technology |journal=First Monday |volume=16 |doi=10.5210/fm.v16i1.2824 |doi-access=free |number=1β3}}</ref> which could be a result of educational disparities.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Reinhart |first1=Julie M. |last2=Thomas |first2=Earl |last3=Toriskie |first3=Jeanne M. |date=2011 |title=K-12 Teachers: Technology Use and the Second Level Digital Divide |url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ966923 |journal=Journal of Instructional Psychology |language=en |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=181β193 |issn=0094-1956}}</ref> While social media use varies across age groups, a US 2010 study reported no racial divide.<ref name="KontosEmmons2010">{{cite journal |last1=Kontos |first1=Emily Z. |last2=Emmons |first2=Karen M. |last3=Puleo |first3=Elaine |last4=Viswanath |first4=K. |year=2010 |title=Communication Inequalities and Public Health Implications of Adult Social Networking Site Use in the United States |journal=Journal of Health Communication |volume=15 |issue=Suppl 3 |pages=216β235 |doi=10.1080/10810730.2010.522689 |pmc=3073379 |pmid=21154095}}</ref>
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