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Learning to be part of the knowledge economy: digital divides and media literacy
The 'digital divide' refers to the difference between those with access to new technologies and those without. The digital divide concerns a fear that, along with new opportunities, digital technology brings with it new forms of social exclusion. As is all too predictable, digital exclusion correlates with other forms of social exclusion. However, as well as potentially ushering in new forms of social exclusion, there is the hope that digital technologies may also act as a bridge, extending information and communications to people who traditionally find them difficult to access. In this way, digital technologies are seen as creating a 'gap' while at the same time holding the potential to bridge that gap; a warning as well as a promise.