The Global digital divide
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[GLOBAL] DIGITAL DIVIDE
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TWEETING TODAY - EVERYONE
OFFICE HOUR: FRIDAYS 3.10-4.10 PM ROOM 108 SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES
Definition
Internet access &
Globalization of technology
and technology skills
Challenges of Global Digital
Access
World Summit on the
Information Society
Education & Economics
Effective Government
Cultural and Economic
differences
Social Class and Access
to Technology
Individuals with disability
Overview / Conclusions
AGENDA
RECAP
What is information
Information has value
Information Revolutions and devices
Infrastructure supporting the Internet
Information Society where information related activities are a
significant economic activity
Information policy and how it can encourage or discourage access
to information at a global, national or even corporate level.
IMAGINE IF IT HAD NEVER STARTED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcboST0evqE&li
st=PLE112CDAA050373D1
DEFINITION
OED
Image; http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/digital-divide
Barriers• Culture• Socio-economic class • Geographic location
WHY IS ACCESS TO THE INTERNET A PROBLEM
Image: http://wireless.ictp.trieste.it/simulator/map.html
TECHNOLOGY AND ICT SKILLS
Image‘: http://wiki.nus.edu.sg/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=19039171
CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL DIGITAL ACCESS
Image http://http://rosieleavyict.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/poverty.html
WHY IS PROVIDING ACCESS SO DIFFICULT
It’s often a larger divide than just ‘Digital’
Health, Economic, Infrastructure can also be
challenges in these countries.
Governments often have other priorities;• Education and literacy• Health issues – like infant mortality and AIDS• Overpopulation• Housing and hunger
http://irevolution.net/2013/02/02/pulse-of-the-pl
anet/
WORLD POPULATION
Image L http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/World_population.PNG
The World at night: Electricity ConsumptionImage from: http://irevolution.net/2013/02/02/pulse-of-the-planet/
The World: Information consumptionImage from: http://irevolution.net/2013/02/02/pulse-of-the-planet/
The World: heatmap, based n the no. of photos submitted to PanaramioImage from: http://irevolution.net/2013/02/02/pulse-of-the-planet/
Europe & North Africa: geo-located tweets and Flickr photosImage from: http://irevolution.net/2013/02/02/pulse-of-the-planet/
Europe: Friendship ties on FacebookImage from: http://irevolution.net/2013/02/02/pulse-of-the-planet/
WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
Image: http://www.itu.int/en/osg/speeches/Pages/2010-05-10-2.aspx
Geneva – 2003Tunis - 2005 Yearly forums thereafterAnnual project prizes
EDUCATION
ICT can improve education• Access to better quality via distance learning• Adult education• Access to information > knowledge• Improves economic competiveness
• Economic and political knowledge
• BETTER IMFORMED POPULATION
ECONOMICS
Adoption of ICT is fundamental to economic growth
> Increased trade
> Better employment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4N8xsdo2vQ• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT
E-government strategies
Promote innovation and transparency in public
sector
Allow and foster ICT access
CULTURE AND ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES
Socio-economic
status and culture
are sometimes
connected.
SOCIAL CLASS AND ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY
Children of lower income families are less likely to
have access to a PC at home.
When they do, they are less likely to use it. • Lack of internet connection
Schools in lower income areas are likely to have a
higher student to pc ratio
Schools need greater technical support • Set up and use ICT
EXERCISE
In groups discuss how the digital divide has or has
not impacted on your life • 2 minutes • Report back
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITY
• Barriers• How web pages are encoded• Cost / Funding• TRAINING - User and Teacher
• Opportunities• Exposure• Benefits;
• Communication and Social Life• Education – Instructional Method Evolution
WHAT IS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE TODAY?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn18X4-PSPc
NEXT LECTURE
Information Overload and Attention
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