Digital Inequalities and the Digital Divide
Sociology · Year 13 · Globalisation and the Digital Social World · 3o Periodo

Digital Inequalities and the Digital Divide

Analyse the impact of digital forms of communication on social inequalities, focusing on age, social class, gender, and global location.

National Curriculum Attainment TargetsOCR A-Level Sociology H580: Component 3 Debates in contemporary societyGlobalisation and the digital social world - The impact of digital forms of communication on social inequalities (age, class, gender, location).

About This Topic

Analyse the impact of digital forms of communication on social inequalities, focusing on age, social class, gender, and global location.

Key Questions

  1. How does the digital divide reflect and reinforce existing social class inequalities?
  2. In what ways do age and gender influence access to and use of digital communication?
  3. How does global location affect participation in the digital social world?

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