What is the digital divide? How could it contribute to already ...

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What is the digital divide? How could it contribute to already existing social hierarchies?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies one of the causes of the rise of urbanization in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
 
  a. Caroline, a widow, left her rural town seeking a greater sense of community in a bigger city.
  b. Martha was dissatisfied with the education that her children were getting at their backwoods one-room schoolhouse, so she moved her family to a city with an improved school system.
  c. Toby, the son of former slaves, hoped to find employment and tolerance in the North.
  d. William and his family were tired of feeling isolated in their rural town, so they moved to a city where they would have many close neighbors.

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Answer to Question 1

The digital divide is the social, economic, and cultural gap between those with effective access to information technology and those without such access. It can include differences between generations or be based on regional or economic disparities. The digital divide could contribute to already existing social hierarchies by giving the powerful yet another advantage over the less privileged. For example, children in higher economic classes are more likely to have access to better technology, granting wealthier children an educational advantage over their less wealth peers.

Answer to Question 2

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