B. I. Moody III College of Business Administration Business Systems, Analysis, and Technology (BSAT) Dept., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, P.O. Box 43930, Lafayette, LA 70504-3930.
The digital divide is the gap between people who are able to benefit from digital technology and those who are not. Everything from telephone and radio to televisions and computers separate different classes of our society. The Internet has provided us with endless opportunities in communication and information access. It was radically transformed our lives across the country and across the world, but who benefits from this remarkable technology? It has to be discussed. Since the Digital divide has been a significant topic in past years. The Divide has increasingly dwindled in size in recent years, with point of question that are we where, need to be as a country? Currently, in today's society, there are two very obvious groups of people: There are those who have the ability effectively to use technology, and someone those who cannot effectively use technology. Most related articles and reports classify these groups as “haves” and “have-nots” is discussed. Unfortunately, a very large portion of the United States population does not have the technological competence which has become, at the very least, a critical essential in what has become our every daylife. It is this very portioning in our society that we now called the Digital Divide. Every day our society becomes more and more dependent on technology. This technology as well as the IT side of it, becoming more and more complex every day. But the problem is quantifying the talents is that many people are unable to keep up with this consistently changing environment. By not being able to benefit from the advantages, this emerging environment has to offer them. The preceding discussion will give an earmark to the readers a bird's eye view.
Digital Divide, Internet, E-mail, Technology, Communication, Knowledge perspective
