Digital Divide

There is a digital divide happening America concerning access to high-speed internet. With many service providers looking to offer 5G connectivity, it could leave others behind. NBC’s Dasha Burns explains in this week’s Sunday Spotlight. Jan 20, 2019

FRONTLINE peers inside the world of a cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new digital divide. A generation with a radically different notion of privacy and personal space, today’s adolescents are grappling with issues their parents never had to deal with: from cyber bullying to instant “Internet fame,” to the specter of online sexual predators. Jan 22, 2008

There are fewer and fewer opportunities for senior citizens and millennials to encounter one another in daily life. The NewsHour’s Mary Jo Brooks reports from Denver on two organizations that pair adolescents to help elders with household tasks and digital literacy, who in turn offer wisdom and experience. Dec 19, 2014

A 2017 documentary from Academy Award® nominee Rory Kennedy and Verizon – focuses on the deep inequalities in America's education system that are keeping millions of students in digital darkness. The film, narrated by Academy and Grammy Award® winner Jamie Foxx, spotlights the 'haves' and 'have nots' as it relates to technology in classrooms and presents the emotional and economic impact on students who lack access.

The Senate is debating a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill this week that would invest in vital public works projects throughout the country. One key portion would expand broadband internet access for millions of Americans. Nicol Turner-Lee, senior fellow of governance studies and director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution, joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss. Aug 3, 2021.