ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the issue of youth and technology. The premise of the chapter is the conventional wisdom which suggests that youth are well-positioned to greatly benefit from and even drive this new revolution since they have more exposure to digital media than older generations do. While the youth are driving this revolution, this chapter draws attention to the huge digital divide between the global north and south, while it takes cognisance of the divide as far as sub-Saharan Africa is concerned with South Africa clearly having the advantage. We use limited recent empirical data to illustrate the variations among the youth with regard to access to and use of technology within South Africa in terms of residence, race/ethnicity, education, gender, etc. Recommendations about how the playing field could be levelled are made for policy purposes.
