GRAPHIC: America's digital divide, in 2 maps; Politico, February 7, 2018

John Hendel and Tucker Doherty, Politico; GRAPHIC: America's digital divide, in 2 maps

[Kip Currier: Very timely data and information visualization, via these 2/7/18 Politico maps, for exploring thorny issues of Digital Divides and Access to Information in my Information Ethics class today.]

"The divide between America's haves and have nots is increasingly marked by technology. A broadband connection is a portal to jobs, to education, to consumer goods, to information and to other people. Yet huge swaths of the United States are still unconnected, particularly in rural areas. Some areas lack access to an internet connection at all. Others have service creaky to let a student take an online course, or an adult working from home to join a videoconference.

The two maps below illustrate both problems..."