5.2 Digital Divide 数字鸿沟

While computing innovations are typically designed to achieve a specific purpose, they may have unintended consequences.

• 虽然计算创新通常旨在实现特定目的，但它们可能产生意想不到的后果。

核心要点 Core Points

1. Internet access varies between socioeconomic, geographic, and demographic characteristics, as well as between countries.

   • 互联网访问在社会经济、地理和人口特征以及国家之间有所不同。

2. The "digital divide" refers to differing access to computing devices and the Internet, based on socioeconomic, geographic, or demographic characteristics.

   • "数字鸿沟"指的是基于社会经济、地理或人口特征对计算设备和互联网的不同访问。

3. The digital divide can affect both groups and individuals.

   • 数字鸿沟可以影响群体和个人。

4. The digital divide raises issues of equity, access, and influence, both globally and locally.

   • 数字鸿沟在全球和本地都提出了公平、访问和影响的问题。

5. The digital divide is affected by the actions of individuals, organizations, and governments.

   • 数字鸿沟受到个人、组织和政府行动的影响。

学生活动 Student Activities

1. Describe issues that contribute to the digital divide.
   • 描述导致数字鸿沟的问题。

相关资源 Related Resources

• ACM Tech News from Association for Computing Machinery
  • ACM技术新闻 来自计算机械协会