Kyle, an Australian student, uses the Internet regularly to do research for projects. His Bolivian friend, Diego, instead goes to a local library to use books. Social scientists refer to this difference in access to communication technology as
A. norms.
B. low-power-distance.
C. the digital divide.
D. ethnocentrism.
Answer: C
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