21. The Advantages Gap
Without intervention, the information marketplace will widen the gaps between rich and poor countries and people.

Haves and have-nots might get a better look at each other. These views may further widen, or may help narrow,
the divides.

There are domestic (US) and international aspects and they don't necessarily "match."

*Digital Divide.org (Harvard + MIT coop). Read and summarize as many of the headings in the left column as you'd like. You'll get 100% for good summaries of 2; 125% for 4; 150% for 6.

Study Question
List the primary approaches for addressing disparities in access to, knowledge about, and use of communication technologies.

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Maybe the digital divide is going away, but probably not, and even if it is, probably very very slowly.

This is a link to 8, 2003, articles about the divide. Each may be downloaded as a .pdf