Digital Divide Local

Digital divide isn’t just a problem worldwide; it is also a problem locally, in the UK specially.  In the UK today, fast and good internet connection and technologies is essential just like water and food. I think this is due to the fact that internet and technologies could do variety of things; it is the main source of information, there are many features and it is entertaining.  But there are still quite a lot of people with no internet connection at all and there are many reasons for this.

 One of the main reasons is economic state, money plays a big role. I don’t want to say that rich people get’s all the technologies they want and poor people doesn’t. I don’t think that’s how it works. I would say that people who have extra income could obviously spend their money for whatever they would like and for those whose income is just enough to live, they do not care about the latest technology to have all they want is to have a better life for them and their family and be alive.  That is the difference between the rich and poor for me.

UK is known for its beautiful and picturesque country side. But this is one of the reasons why digital divide occurs in the UK, they are afraid that by putting big buildings in the country side it’ll ruin its scenery and due to this most people in the country side do not have access to internet.

Most of the internet is used around the city areas as they are needed for work, schools and others. Internet and technologies are now crucial in everyday work life and student’s life.

This picture shows where most of broadband are connected. As you can see most of broadband are connected in the middle area of England this is normally cities, compared to the country side, it’s almost completely white which shows that there are less broadband connected.

“In the public sector, universities, schools and libraries are increasingly becoming reliant on electronic content and the richness of the internet.”— Digital Britain 2009

Education in England is highly praised and recognised all over the world. ICT plays a big role in education in England; schools are full of computers and technologies. For me as a student, I think that without ICT it would be too hard to study and I’m lucky enough that I know how to operate ICT and technologies.  ICT is now also important and a skill that is necessary to have in order to get good jobs and therefore by not being able to use ICT, you are already in disadvantage.

People with no education or have dropped out of education would find it difficult to control technologies and ICT; they probably haven’t even had a chance to play with ICT. Furthermore these people would find it difficult to get jobs not because they didn’t finished their education but because they do not have ICT experience and in today’s society having this experience is crucial.

Here are some graphs/pictures about UK digital divide