The Internet is certainly a popular choice when it comes to communication - it's quick, worldwide and often free. But that doesn't mean that it's everybody's preference. This blog post looks at why people will avoid the Internet, whether by choice or because of limitations outwith their control.
This is called The Digital Divide, and I have put together a Prezi presentation that provides indepth detail below:
"We are social beings who seek communication with others. We are lonely beings as well. Despite our fear of having our essential humanity reduced through comparison with a machine, we begin to relate to the computer whenever it appears to offer some company."
- Sherry Turkle, Life on the Screen
References
Book
TURKLE, S. 1995. Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet. New York: Touchstone.
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