[originaltext]W: Hi, John.M: Hi, Jenny.W: One of the issues today is the digi

W: Hi, John.
M: Hi, Jenny.
W: One of the issues today is the digital divide.
M: I know it refers to the divide between who is online and who isn’t.
W: What’s the nature of the division? How do they divide?
M: They are looking atthree principal portions of the American population with regard to ethnic gap, income gap and also different age groups.
W: What do they discover?
M: They find that today 30% of African Americans, 33% of Hispanic Americans, and 47% of White Americans, are online, but the largest portion of the American population are Asian Americans with a 65% online.
W: Do they offer any explanations about why this might be?
M: Well, one reason is income. Low-income population’s use of the Internet is less.
W: Well, computers are still a fairly expensive item.
M: But within five years double the amount of people will be using them.
W: Well, is there a gender divide?
M: No. Not only is there not a gender divide but this year mare women will be online than men.
W: Really?
M: But the difference here is the sites they visit. Men are interested in financial and technology sites. Women tend to prefer sites dealing with more, personal matters. For instance, they want to find out about woman’s health.
W: Yeah. Interesting.
M: Well, they’re also forecasting that three quarters of the country will be online within five years.
W: That’s fast, isn’t it?