Topic > Digital immigrants, digital natives: myth or reality?

Introduction First recorded in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) survey report in 1995, (Servon, 2002), the term Digital Divide presents an interesting dilemma of disparities in information technologies and of communication (ICT) between countries in the world, especially between developed and developing countries. Many reports even showed that access to ICT in information “have” and “have not” countries was not uniform (Bridges.org, 2001; Fuchs & Horak, 2008; Norris, 2001; Van Dijk, 2009) . However, although inequalities in access to ICT are more evident between countries, the same pattern is found within countries themselves. In the United States, for example, a gap in access to ICT exists between low-income and high-income families, unemployed and employed Americans, and those living in central cities and rural areas (NTIA, 1995, cited in Servon, 2002). In other words, it has been shown that there is an “informed underclass” within a country's population (Wolff & MacKinnon, 2002, p. 1). Because of this fact, Marc Prensky (2001a, 2001b), introduces additional notions in describing the divide, Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants. Based on these two concepts, I developed a poster for my final assignment. Therefore, to complement the poster, the explanations cover both digital natives and digital immigrants and their multifaceted dimension will be briefly elaborated in the following paragraphs. Digital immigrants, digital natives: myth or reality? The terms digital immigrants, digital natives were first introduced by Marc Prensky through a series of articles in 2001. Using the relationship between students and teachers as an example, this American technologist discusses how the p...... al center of the card ......do you think differently? [DOI: 10.1108/10748120110424843]. On the horizon, 9(6), 1-6.Rachel. (2008). Summer dance. A Sd 18 (ed.), Tigg-stock: Tigg-stock.Selwyn, N. (2009). The digital native: myth and reality. [DOI: 10.1108/00012530910973776]. Aslib Proceedings, 61(4), 364-379.Servon, L. J. (2002). Bridging the digital divide: Technology, community and public policy. Oxford :: Blackwell.Swongled Media. (2008). Even older people like gadgets. Tibben, W. J. (2007). Re-conceptualizing the digital divide: A knowledge-based approach. Paper presented at the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Van Dijk, J. (2009). Research on the digital divide. [Item]. Conference Proceedings – International Communication Association, 1.Wolff, L., & MacKinnon, S. (2002). What is the digital divide? TechKnowLogia, July - September 2002.