Article critique DOCX

Title	Article critique
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The article, “The Digital Divide: The Challenge of Technology Equity”, seeks to explore the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern information and communications technology, and those that don't or have restricted access. This technology can include the telephone, televi...

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The article, "The Digital Divide: The Challenge of Technology Equity", seeks to explore the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern information and communications technology, and those that don't or have restricted access. This technology can include the telephone, television, personal computers and the Internet. The research problem being explored is the Information Technology that has been growing rapidly each year yet why most of the world's population does not have access to the computers of the internet. The article briefly stated that the Information Technology greatly influences the way we live and work today. It was also explicitly explained that internet makes our work easy, communicate instantaneously and associates business around the world. In contrast to these statements, the article clearly pointed out that although the number of internet users is growing exponentially each year, majority of the world's population lack what most of us would consider a basic communication necessity and interaction between human and computers has greatly increased as we embark on the twenty-first century. The ability to access computers and the internet has become increasingly important to completely immerse oneself in the economic, political and social aspects of not just America, but of the world. However, not everyone has access to this technology. It is immensely true as discussed in the article that the digital divide between the populations who have access to the internet and those who don't is based on income, race, education, household type, and geographical location. Not surprisingly, and in direct correlation to education, the levels of household income also play a significant role in the widening gap. The study by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) stated, "In the last year, the divide between the highest and lowest income groups grew 29% (NTIA Falling through the Net 99). It has been observed that households earning incomes over $75,000 are 20...