To describe inequalities in access to new technologies and the Internet in particular, the term "digital divide" is often mentioned. But according to a report by the Center for Strategic Analysis (CAS), published Monday, April 18, there is no "one but three digital divides" in France. Beyond the technical issues of network coverage, there is a "generation gap, leaving the elderly in the margin of new technologies, a social divide, which excludes the poorest, and a cultural divide, which deprives the least education opportunities of the computer, "details the organization, which was tasked in 2009 by Parliament to enact such an inventory.
CAS document notes that "the equipment of the French in digital technology has seen steady progress." But according to the latest data, dated 2008, 31.5% of the French population does not have a computer at home, and 37.1% did not have Internet access. Moreover, "new cleavages are emerging with regard to the mobile Internet, and use of mobile devices like smartphones.
CYBER SENIORS AND "digital natives" The generation gap is the first developed by the Center for Strategic Analysis, a body under the auspices of the Prime Minister. Less than 17% of those over age 75 have a computer at home, against 90.8% for 15-24 years. To explain this under-equipped with computers, older workers who represent 21% of the French population, cite "lack of need and fear of novelty, the acquisition cost of equipment, lack of training or fear of failing to master the tool.
(...) These brakes are many senior citizens in a situation of isolation, even though digital tools should be involved in maintaining a social bond. Well adapted, they can help to overcome some "handicaps" social, physical, psychological or age-related cognitive, or delay their appearance, "the CAS document.
The report also provides new insights into the digital natives (digital natives), children and adolescents who are immersed from an early age in the digital culture. If in terms of access to the Internet, their share is high, "the generation gap gradually fade with time. The social and cultural divides that are growing among the younger, may instead to persist throughout their life and place a little further away from society, says the AMA.
Reduce this gap is a complex task because it involves both learning to read, the fight against school failure and social inequality. "FRACTURES SOCIAL AND CULTURAL Centre for Strategic Analysis also notes a significant social divide: "34% of people with lower incomes have a home computer and an Internet connection 28.2%, against 91% and 87.1% for the highest incomes." Only 50% of the least educated in France have a connection to the Internet: a "cultural gap" also describes about CAS.
The report of the body diminishes, however the idea of a geographical divide and significant disparities between urban and rural areas. Between these regions, differences are "minimal, both in the presence of a computer at home (69.4% respectively against 65%) than for the connection to the Internet (65.4% against 58.7%).
In order to reduce these fractures digital, including those linked to economic disparities, the Center for Strategic Analysis has several tracks: "One possibility is that a greater diversity of supply and lowering the cost of accessing the Internet through the development strong competition between operators.
"But the CAS also envisages the establishment of a" social tariff "for the poor, and the deployment of public spaces with free access to the network for households with the lowest income. Also read: the report of the Center for Strategic Analysis on the digital divide in France (PDF) 
CAS document notes that "the equipment of the French in digital technology has seen steady progress." But according to the latest data, dated 2008, 31.5% of the French population does not have a computer at home, and 37.1% did not have Internet access. Moreover, "new cleavages are emerging with regard to the mobile Internet, and use of mobile devices like smartphones.
CYBER SENIORS AND "digital natives" The generation gap is the first developed by the Center for Strategic Analysis, a body under the auspices of the Prime Minister. Less than 17% of those over age 75 have a computer at home, against 90.8% for 15-24 years. To explain this under-equipped with computers, older workers who represent 21% of the French population, cite "lack of need and fear of novelty, the acquisition cost of equipment, lack of training or fear of failing to master the tool.
(...) These brakes are many senior citizens in a situation of isolation, even though digital tools should be involved in maintaining a social bond. Well adapted, they can help to overcome some "handicaps" social, physical, psychological or age-related cognitive, or delay their appearance, "the CAS document.
The report also provides new insights into the digital natives (digital natives), children and adolescents who are immersed from an early age in the digital culture. If in terms of access to the Internet, their share is high, "the generation gap gradually fade with time. The social and cultural divides that are growing among the younger, may instead to persist throughout their life and place a little further away from society, says the AMA.
Reduce this gap is a complex task because it involves both learning to read, the fight against school failure and social inequality. "FRACTURES SOCIAL AND CULTURAL Centre for Strategic Analysis also notes a significant social divide: "34% of people with lower incomes have a home computer and an Internet connection 28.2%, against 91% and 87.1% for the highest incomes." Only 50% of the least educated in France have a connection to the Internet: a "cultural gap" also describes about CAS.
The report of the body diminishes, however the idea of a geographical divide and significant disparities between urban and rural areas. Between these regions, differences are "minimal, both in the presence of a computer at home (69.4% respectively against 65%) than for the connection to the Internet (65.4% against 58.7%).
In order to reduce these fractures digital, including those linked to economic disparities, the Center for Strategic Analysis has several tracks: "One possibility is that a greater diversity of supply and lowering the cost of accessing the Internet through the development strong competition between operators.
"But the CAS also envisages the establishment of a" social tariff "for the poor, and the deployment of public spaces with free access to the network for households with the lowest income. Also read: the report of the Center for Strategic Analysis on the digital divide in France (PDF)
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