Tag: DIGITAL DIVIDE

Due to the rise in popularity of e-books and other digital texts, some worry that the digital divide may soon become a "reading divide." Low-income communities, particularly African American ones, have not only struggled to keep up in a world increasingly reliant on technology, but continue to trail their peers in literacy rates by a significant margin. The author Marita Golden told Reuters, ...

In March, industry analysts from Forrester Research found that only 41-percent of all Web-surfing Americans know the exact speed of their broadband connection. While that figure may seem low to some, it wasn't that surprising, given the fact that determining connection speeds is an inexact science at best. But a new survey from the FCC shows confirms only about one in five American users know just ...

Do you know anyone who isn't spending time online, sending e-mail, reading blogs and reviews or just shopping for the best deal? Apparently, plenty of people are still not using the Internet, whether for communication or anything else, according to a new survey issued by Parks Associates. According to the analyst firm, one-fifth of U.S. households have never used e-mail and 18 percent have no ...