Knowledge divide

The knowledge divide is the gap between those who can find, create, manage, process, and disseminate information or knowledge, and those who are impaired in this process. According to a 2005 UNESCO World Report, the rise in the 21st century of a global information society has resulted in the emergence of knowledge as a valuable resource, increasingly determining who has access to power and profit.^[1] The rapid dissemination of information on a potentially global scale as a result of new information media^[2] and the globally uneven ability to assimilate knowledge and information has resulted in potentially expanding gaps in knowledge between individuals and nations.^[3] The digital divide is an extension of the knowledge divide, dividing people who have access to the internet and those who do not.^{[citation needed]} The knowledge divide also represents the inequalities of knowledge among different identities, including but not limited to race, economic status, and gender.

^ UNESCO World Report: Toward Knowledge Societies (Paris: UNESCO, 2005), 158–159.
^ UNESCO 2005, 160.
^ Joseph Stiglitz, "Knowledge as a Global Public Good," in Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century, ed. I. Kahl et al. (Oxford University Press, 1999), 318.

[1] UNESCO World Report: Toward Knowledge Societies (Paris: UNESCO, 2005), 158–159.

[2] UNESCO 2005, 160.

[3] Joseph Stiglitz, "Knowledge as a Global Public Good," in Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century, ed. I. Kahl et al. (Oxford University Press, 1999), 318.

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