OECD – The organisation for Economic cooperation and development
Aims: supporting sustainable economic growth Boost employment Raise living standards Maintain financial stability Assist other countries’ economic development Contribute to growth in world trade
• What is the mean, mode, median broadband speed? • What is the range? • Why might the USA be at an economic disadvantage based on its
broadband speed?
Broadband speed
• Important for job growth, innovation and regional development.
• For every $5 billion invested in broadband infrastructure to create networks, 97 500 new jobs in telecoms, computer and IT sectors are created.
Cyberspace
• Community among users. • Where people meet online as opposed to
having face to face contact • What are the negative implications of this?
The internet and the environment
• 152 KWH per year to power the data centres that keep the internet running
• Computers and the internet could be responsible for 2% of all human made carbon dioxide emissions.
• Red dots are locations of Flickr pictures. Blue dots are locations of Twitter tweets. White dots are locations that have been posted to both. (geographyalltheway.com)
• What can this add to your understanding of the core, periphery model and the GDD?
The role of ICT in Civil Society
• Global civil society : • Any organization or movement that works in
the area between thehousehold, the private sector and the state to negotiate matters of public concern. Civil societies include non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community groups, trade unions, academic institutions and faith-based organizations.
Anheier, Glasius and Kaldor
• Protest groups acting as a counterweight to capitalism – aim to ‘civilise globalisation’
• Human infrastructure needed to spread development and democracy
• Groups e.g. Save the Children or Medicins sans Frontiers providing humanitarian assistance – solidarity with poor or oppressed
• Growing connectedness of citizens around the world
The role of ICT in civil society
• E.g. Greenpeace
• Use of cheap, reliable and instantaneous communications around the world.
• Sharing information on an unprecedented scale
• Governments provide information and interact electronically with citizens
• Political groups run online advocacy campaigns and parties
• Media and portal sites provide news and online navigation
• Private sectors – represents commercially driven connectivity, software and technology.
Political participation
• To what extent does ICT contribute to civil society? Use one link each to provide EVIDENCE for the role of social networking.
• http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-22772352
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pablo-barbera/tweeting-the-revolution-s_b_4831104.html