Video Reflection
14 years ago
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Technology Article Blog
Instead of picking an article that deals directly with technology inequalities, I picked an article that deals indirectly with it. I chose an article that deals with highering minimum wage. I think that a lot of libraries and people dont get the opportunities for technology because most can barely afford to live week to week much less afford extras such as computers cell phones etc. This might not directly affect technology use in libraries, but then again it might. It costs a lot to upgrade libraries, so they can serve technological needs, but not all of this funding comes from the state, some I believe is used in taxes. So people might go against upgrading because they can't afford it that way either. I think that raising minimum wage would give people more money or options to make technology upgrades
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The minimum wage and those who have to work at that level does make a large majority of the population who is on the negative side of the digital divide. So, in response to the online discussion, I would have to say that the best way to gather data about how the minimum wage affects certain people and what they think about raising it in a survey. A survey would be best since it is mostly going to be opinionated and also you are dealing with a lot of numbers. Probably the second best method would be to interview the people who work at minimum wage and see what they think of all this.
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