The digital divide

The digital divide is the inequality between groups when it comes to technology  or mainly ICT, some countries, mostly in Africa and South America, the reason for this is because their country is poor, and therefore can't even afford electricity. There is a widening gap between countries with access to technology and countries without, the gap between countries in the same continent is also getting wider. There are many factors that create digital divide. These can be economic factors, political and social factors and geographical factors. Countries with low level of English communication can also be a barrier in the development of technology in their countries because this affects their understanding of the use of internet and computers, as the majority of websites on the internet are in English.

This pie chart shows the difference in internet usage around the world, as you can see, the largest percentage is in Asia, where a lot of the areas are built up and consist of many wealthy people, whereas Africa only makes up for 3% as there aren't as many rich people living there and most areas are poor. Although Oceania/Australia have a very low percentage, this is most likely due to the size of the continent, and to the amount of natives living in Australia, who will not be using the internet, but generally speaking Oceania is quite built up and has a fairly low number of poor people living there.

This map shows the internet usage around England, as you can see, the digital divide takes place even in small areas like this. The more south you go the higher internet usage, this is most likely based on the cost of living in certain areas, to live closer to London it will cost more, and therefore people will more likely have money to spend on computers, whereas up north, people are poorer and aren't able to live in the more build up areas of England, this means that they're less likely to own a computer and have internet access at all.