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Digital Divide-“Haves” and “Have-Nots”: A Modern Inequality of 21 St Century

Abstract

Inequality is obvious throughout the history. Wide spread of globalization and effective use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) changed the picture of modern society. Digital resources are playing a gigantic role in the present Knowledge Society. But there is wide disparity in terms of access to the digital technology. In one hand we have very skilled human resource which is making use of digital resources effectively; on the other hand we have group of people those who don’t have skill and access to the digital technology. Information, its access, dissemination and control, is at the core of this revolutionary phase of human development and as a result, economic and social structures and relations are being transformed in the contemporary phase of human development In 21st century’s knowledge society, digital resources dividing human society in to two groups called ‘Digital Haves’ and ‘Digital Have Not’

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