Cars' Model (still working on it)

John Gibison
Moody
ENC 1102.0112
13 April 2010
Cars’ Model
Move 1: Knowledge about the Digital Divide is growing with the increasing integration of technology into society. The primary form of these technologies is the computer. Recently, there has been an interest in the socio-economic status and its effect on the Digital Divide because the roots of this are unknown. The reason for this interest is because technology and socio-economic status are a common ground among all people. The research that has been done so far found similar results, which has been that socio-economic status does correlate to digital literacy. Among the experiment procedures, questionnaires and surveys have been used most widely providing easily quantified data.

Move 2: 1a) There is no distinguishable relationship between socio-economic status and digital literacy.
There are more variables affecting digital literacy.
1b) There is not enough support or experiments done to prove there is a relationship.
Is the research done legitimate?
1c) Is this really a worthwhile topic to be concerned about.

Move 3: Notable research has been done by many qualified scientists and continues to be done towards this question. With all the research to date, there has been a trend and high correlation in the results. It has been seen that socio-economic status does affect digital literacy in children, in conjunction with other variables. This research is extremely pertinent in today’s advanced society because society is becoming more technologically dependant as time moves on.