User:Bjohnson61/sandbox

Skills and digital Literacy

In addition, the divided gap can be an extremely detrimental issue within our nation if it isn't fixed here soon. The individuals with more monetary value have more access to newer and exclusive information, with examples from paying for better sources of info and and being able to see what others have wrote that the lower socially depreciated status can not. When finding these types of information on the internet, most people don’t know how to properly use these sources. As best said by the Journal of Educational and Health Promotion, “ Digital divide, or the digital split, is a social issue referring to the differing amount of information between those who have access to the internet (especially broadband access) and those who do not have access.” What they were trying to introduce was the concept that the amount of information people have access to are different judging from the monetary gap of wealth and that it is a socialistic issue, that needs to be fixed. The utilization of these sources are very important as well. The Journal of Educational and Health Promotion states” he internet has triggered a growth in provision of more interactive health promotion messages, which are likely to enhance the potential for behavior change. The quote just specified is stating that using these new sources of information and making it open to everyone could significantly improve the growth in behavioral change and knowledge this resulting in a growth of academics in our school systems. The main goal here is to shorten the bridge of knowledge between the prominent rich class and those who don’t have the same access. The lower class, and minority groups are at a disadvantage here because they don’t have the same access as the richer individuals which causes a ginormous bridge that we must shorten if we want success in our nation. According to Matthew Eastin and Robert LaRose ,“ The digital divide has been conceptualized primarily in terms of patterns of race and class discrimination that are reflected in unequal access to computers and the Internet.” What Matthew and Robert were explaining was that there is a bigger bridge than what we know of between the minority groups/ lower class and the more prominent classes.