ITM 407 Study Guide - Final Guide: Norm (Social)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 407
• Professor: Candace Grant

Document Summary

Under social equality, everyone has equal rights, under laws such as security, freedom or speech, right to education. The digital divide coined in the 1990s, it is a new label for an old concept involving information haves and have-nots . Digital divide is now used to describe the disparity between those who have access to internet technology and those who do not. Bengamin compaine defines the digital divide as the gap between those who have and those who do not have ehither: access to cyber-technology, the knowledge and ability to use that technology. Global digital divide between developed and developing nations: a divide between groups within developed nations, based on factors such as income and education. Jeremy moss argues that people in developing countries who no not have access to cyber technology are unfairly disadvantaged because: their access to knowledge is significantly reduced.