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Age Divide

The Digital Divide is closing among a younger audience but it is expanding through generations. Access to the internet is being distributed across more and more places allowing those to obtain it. Through this wider reach, the younger generation can become accustomed to these changes unlike their older counterparts. This expands the generational gap due to not adapting and lack of knowledge on using newer technology. Additionally, this generational gap, also referred to as a ‘grey divide’, can differ depending on the amount of internet use within the senior group. This means the more time these people spend online, the easier it is for them to use the technology and become more literately advance compared to others. Health literacy is an increasingly disadvantage to the individuals that use tech and the internet less often. This ‘low health literacy’ creates a risk factor of falling behind the ever advancing machine of technology. Access to online information such as general medical information is harder to obtain by the older, less technologically savvy generation. A way to close the digital gap in age would mostly rely on websites and user technology to accommodate those who are less literate in the digital era. The technological advances that we are achieving everyday is harder to keep up with for older individuals. To have these advancements be easily accessible by a wider age range would be a major improvement in closing the divide.