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In 21st century, the creation of New Media based on digital technology was already adopted by many people around the world. As new media more relied on Internet or other digital method, the problem of digital divide is more likely to shown. In order to acquire information through new media, people at least should have devices that can access to the internet. For example, New Media include website which is under user’s control, and on-line communication tool such as MSN and ICQ. Also, it is faster for news to spread through internet than through newspaper. However, the problem is not everyone can afford that kind of devices such as laptop, or PDA; especially to the people from global south. Therefore, the gap of people’s standard ability to acquire knowledge through new media is formed between people lived in developed countries and people lived in developing regions. In sense of the spread of technology, the new media was already familiar to the majority in some developed regions like North America. In contrast, many people in global south may never accessed to internet before or there is no proper device located near their home. As a result, they will have less and lower information compare to the people who can take the advantage of New Media. Importantly, the spread of New Media is highly integrated with ongoing process of globalization; thus, people who are unable access to any method of New Media will be isolated from the global society since they can not communicate or exchange ideas with the people around the world. As time goes by, these people will be abandoned by the world. That’s why people should focus on the digital divide.