The Information Gap amongst the Generations and the Implications for Organizations

Angelina I. T. Kiser and Ronald Washington
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Angelina I. T. Kiser: University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX, USA
Ronald Washington: University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX, USA

International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence (IJDLDC), 2015, vol. 6, issue 2, 36-63

Abstract: The ubiquitous nature of technology today fosters the perception that its use as a means of information sharing and gathering occurs equally across resources. There is however a digital divide which commonly refers to the socio-economic, ethnic, educational, and cultural inequality of access and use of digital technologies in society today. Less clear in the literature is as Digital natives and Immigrants age and enter the workforce, how their age will affect their use of technology as a social and information gathering resource (Herring, 2008). Will advances in mobile technologies and age extend the digital divide or will they continue to be technology zealous? Based on data analyzed from wave 6 of the World Values Survey (WVS) a significant difference exists between the generations in the use of different information sources used for information gathering and sharing as they age.

Date: 2015
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