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OPLIN 4Cast #581: The digital divide moves to the forefront
February 14th, 2018

[image: Typewriter showing Digital Divide] In libraries, we've been aware
of the term "digital divide" for quite some time. Traditionally, it has
meant the difference between technology "haves" and "have-nots. "While it
hasn't gone away, there is a lot of discussion about it right now, and even
some possible changing of what it means (see the NY Times article, below).
We've got a roundup of some of the most recent news about this ongoing
issue that's sure to make one think.

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   - How the ‘digital divide’ is holding the U.S. economy back
   <https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/10/how-the-digital-divide-is-holding-the-u-s-economy-back/>
   [Venture Beat] "According to Deloitte, every day that a person is not
   connected to the internet, America loses $2.16 of potential economic
   activity, which means that the digital divide currently costs our country
   over $130 million a day in economic activity."
   - America's Real Digital Divide
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/11/opinion/america-digital-divide.html>
   [NY Times] "But there's more to the problem. If you think middle-class
   children are being harmed by too much screen time, just consider how much
   greater the damage is to minority and disadvantaged kids, who spend much
   more time in front of screens."
   - GRAPHIC: America's digital divide, in 2 maps
   <https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2018/02/07/digital-divide-in-america-graphic-000639>
[The
   Agenda] "The divide between America's haves and have nots is increasingly
   marked by technology. A broadband connection is a portal to jobs, to
   education, to consumer goods, to information and to other people. Yet huge
   swaths of the United States are still unconnected, particularly in rural
   areas. "
   - Washington’s next big tech battle: closing the country’s digital divide
   <https://www.recode.net/2018/1/17/16896022/trump-republicans-democrats-congress-broadband-internet-infrastructure-reform>
   [Recode] "The bid to boost broadband is expected to become a small but
   critical component of infrastructure reform, a still-evolving proposal that
   could set aside $200 billion in federal funds to upgrade the guts of the
   United States — including aging roads, bridges and tunnels."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Poor Students Face Digital Divide in How Teachers Learn to Use Tech
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=125504949&site=ehost-live>.
   (Herold, B. (2017). Poor Students Face Digital Divide in How Teachers Learn
   to Use Tech. *Education Digest*, *83*(3), 16. )
   - Counterpoint: Tablets and Laptops in School Increase the Digital
   Divide in Learning
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=125771991>
   (Counterpoint: Tablets and Laptops in School Increase the Digital Divide in
   Learning. (2017). *Points of View: Tablets & Laptops in Schools*, 1. )
   - California leads in closing the digital divide
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=6DUU4013092646&site=ehost-live>
   (California leads in closing the digital divide. (2017). *Telecomworldwire
   (M2)*, )

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