"What difference to all this might the digital divide make? a) To socio economically related access issues within a society? b) To global access issues across countries and regions?"
a)
The socio-economic digital divide can prohibit people being less familiar with technology whereas if someone was more socio-economically mobile then their understanding of technology is probably higher. However young people in the lower socio-econimic band can grow up without the latest technology, can be digital immigrants. Even though Prensky's theory states that all young people are natives.
b)
In the 3rd world there is no digital divide as they are only recently being introduced to computers and technology. They haven't had this technology all along making the development of digital natives impossible. However in the next few years (10-20 years) these 3rd world countries it will be possible for the development of digital natives therefore creating a digital divide.
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