Digital Divide

The questions that guide your M1A are:

What groups of people are at a disadvantage within this ‘Digital Divide’? What are the implications of not having proper access, technology, and/or the knowledge of how to use internet technologies? How does this impede participation in the digital world?

Your Module Assignment should be structured like an essay with an Introduction, three Discussion points, and a Conclusion. Your M1A must include at least two assigned readings from module one, and one outside source in the discussion section. You can absolutely use more sources once the minimum requirement is met.

Here is a framework to help you. This will also be the rubric that your TA will use when grading your paper:

Introduction:

-provides context or background of digital pervasiveness and the Digital Divide: What groups of people are at a disadvantage within this ‘Digital Divide’? What are the implications of not having proper access, technology, and/or the knowledge of how to use internet technologies? How does this impede participation in the digital world?

-sets up the discussion with a sentence or two in response to these questions with three key points