QUESTION 1
Q1.2
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IMPACT ON SOCIAL CAPITAL ;
Social capital ''can be defined as a collective value of all social networks that arises from all these kinds of networks to do things for each other'' ( BetterTogether Initiative,[s. a.],(P.30).
''Digital divide has a positive impact on people because they have the ability to leverage their social capital , as they also have the ability to access data and information for their own good reasons to uplift their knowledge so that can be economically and professionally active'',(Duke University , [s.a.], (P.30).
There is very huge gap between people who are very much literate and those who do not, in that it is impacting the way the society operates. Internet promotes global communication and it also reduces the interest in local communities and politics. With digital divide there are consequences which impacts the lives of the people in the community. People who do not have access to the internet ,they also do not have any information , communication an entertainment which is becoming disadvantage to them and very poor in education. People who are able to use the internet are also do have an access to the internet and they become educated to the information available on the internet. People who do not have a knowledge of how the internet works and computer illiterate,it is becoming very much difficult for them to be employed.(ROBERTT SILIYANNIS.2016.impact of digital divide.{blog}06 May 2016.
There is very huge gap between people who are very much literate and those who do not, in that it is impacting the way the society operates. Internet promotes global communication and it also reduces the interest in local communities and politics. With digital divide there are consequences which impacts the lives of the people in the community. People who do not have access to the internet ,they also do not have any information , communication an entertainment which is becoming disadvantage to them and very poor in education. People who are able to use the internet are also do have an access to the internet and they become educated to the information available on the internet. People who do not have a knowledge of how the internet works and computer illiterate,it is becoming very much difficult for them to be employed.(ROBERTT SILIYANNIS.2016.impact of digital divide.{blog}06 May 2016.
There is indeed digital divide especially in rural areas. Internet is very limited
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