Digital Divide

Digital Divide can refer to the gap between people with a high access and availability to the digital technology to people with limited access to digital technology. This gap can obviously refer to people who have higher or lower income throughout the world but it can also refer to a gap on a smaller scale, mainly a generation gap. Digital information has become more accessible and is easier for a younger generation. Also what is important to adults is not as important to a younger generation. Privacy is a big issue with digital technology the generation gap. Being active on websites require a lot of users to give up some personal information. For instance to join a social networking site you first have to create a user name and password; one's user name being their email address. For some, giving out email addresses can alarm older online users. Many adults have a fear of giving out their email address online for the fact of receiving countless unwanted emails, spam, or viruses. Along with conversations, pictures, and videos that other users to see, many users upload their living address, interest, favorite movies, even their relationship status. For a young generation, this information could be put up without hesitation. However, adults wouldn't display this information or would at least think twice about what is put on their profile. Digital technology has certain perks, but there are definetly some features to this technology that will always create a digital divide.