The assumption of this research is that individuals' financial position affects the technology they opt to use to access information. This is an important consideration since access to information is critical to financial emancipation. The technological divide and financial exclusion seem to go hand-in-hand. The aim of this research is to identify the leading forms of technology that are used to access information in South Africa and to assess whether any of them are income-elastic. The outcome of the research will inform decisions regarding the dissemination of information in South Africa, a country with large income disparities. Cross-sectional data collected through 3 531 interviews as part of the World Values Survey (WVS) were used to specify the different kinds of technology people use to access information and people's income levels, and to compute the income elasticity of the different types of technology. Frequencies,