The idea of the digital divide is that the divide is not getting smaller but larger because less fortunate countries around the world are dealing with the idea that technology is not advancing as fast as other countries which makes it hard for information to become readily available to those that need it to be active citizens. In the excerpt that was given to us by Sergio Amadeau de Silva it becomes apparent that the people of Brazil are very much out of date with the idea of technology being the best way to gain access to things that are going on around the world and their country that other wise that would be oblivious to.
Amadeau de Silva has the idea that people’s communication access in today’s society is being deprived because the majority of the population in Brazil are not able to get access to computers because it is not seen as a suffiecent need for their society so they get along without. The bad thing is that they could really use the access to promote economic stability and employment options.
With having this gateway to information at your fingertips makes the idea of information tangible and accessible. Without it people could be seen as secondhand receivers of information making them not true citizens. I think that without information technology in a country such an America it would be hard to call yourself an active American citizen because they are not actively participating in society, which is because being technologically inclined it is every where and goes on day by day. Machines, cell phones and computers have revolutionized the lives of Americans to the point where they are not just a privilege to have but a life style choice,
