Week 8 - Article 3 Abstract

Momino and Menesis decide steer away from the usual arguments on the ‘digital divide’ and talk about other theorists, for example Lievrouw (2000), DiMaggio & Hargattai (2001), who after much research on this subject seemed to be over shadowed by Prensky. What this article goes to explain, are the ‘digital inequalities’ for children, how it’s the lack of access to technology might create ‘digital illiteracy’, children need to learn about technology by using it and if they cant get their hands on it, then they become divided by everyone who can.

What is apparent is that this article isn’t about what technology does to the children, but what children do with it and how they can get to it. Ultimately there’s more of a focus on social aspects rather than a young and old difference. Therefore shedding light on a completely different ‘digital divide’, the divide between the ‘rich’ and the ‘poor’.