DIGITAL DIVIDE

ALMOGIA, HANNAH
FUENTEBELLA, JOSHUA
GEOTINA, DANICA
OSMENA, SOFIA
LANIBA, LYLE
WHAT IS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE?

A PHENOMENON THAT HAS BEEN ROBBING

ALMOST HALF OF THE POPULATION OF
THE BENEFITS OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB
FOR YEARS NOW
 ROUGHLY 58 PERCENT OF THE
POPULATION – OR ABOUT 60
MILLION FILIPINOS – NOW HAVE
ACCESS TO THE INTERNET
 ROUGHLY 58 PERCENT OF THE
POPULATION – OR ABOUT 60
MILLION FILIPINOS – NOW HAVE
ACCESS TO THE INTERNET
striking gaps: education, information and communication, and finance
 1. MISSED OPPORTUNITIES:
- A person without an internet connection has limited access
to information and learning resources, thus, it results in
many Filipinos missing out on opportunities for education,
businesses, information, etc.
- This imbalance creates groups or individuals with
significantly less skills in technology, which, in an increasingly
technology – centric world, limits their ability to succeed –
particularly against more tech – savvy individuals
DISADVANTAGES OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
2. HUMAN RIGHTS
- limited by the digital divide is the universal right to
communicate
- the internet has become as a basic need since it is an
avenue where people can enjoy their rights to freedom of
expression and opinion
- uneducated, disabled people, elderly and people who have
no access to the internet – become all the more
disadvantaged due to lack of access to information and
means to communicate
DISADVANTAGES OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
3. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL EXCLUSION
- the gap between the digitally connected and the unconnected
affects how the SMEs fare at the regional competitiveness game
- digital services are seen as the last mile that connects financial
products and services to their end-customers who are unreached
and overlooked by traditional market players because of physical
and cost barriers
- businessmen that have no access to technology advancements
and would have no access to financial products and services such
as savings, payments, credit cards and investments
DISADVANTAGES OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
4. DIGITAL MULTIPLY
- ICT is moving and advancing rapidly and would create a greater
gap between the people who have access to technology and the
Internet and those who don’t
- The Philippines is playing catch-up with its neighbors in terms of
allowing its citizens to enjoy the benefits of the Internet
- The digital divide could be attributed to the lack of
telecommunications facilities in the Philippines and is a problem
that persisted due to a confluence of reasons
DISADVANTAGES OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
5. COMPETITIVE TELCO ENVIRONMENT
- the digital divide also includes those who have limited or slow
Internet access, which also hinders consumers and companies
from reaping the whole range of opportunities found on the
Internet
- the gap between the digitally connected and the unconnected
affects how the SMEs fare at the regional competitiveness game
SOURCES:

 Marasigan, L. (2017, April 30). Bridging the digital divide. BusinessMirror. Retrieved
from https://businessmirror.com.ph/bridging-the-digital-divide/