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[GLOBAL] DIGITAL DIVIDE IS10010 TWEETING TODAY - EVERYONE OFFICE HOUR: FRIDAYS 3.10-4.10 PM ROOM 108 SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES

Introduction to the Global Digital Divide

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Introduction and brief overview the Global Digital Divide. 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

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Page 1: Introduction to the Global Digital Divide

[GLOBAL] DIGITAL DIVIDE

IS10010

TWEETING TODAY - EVERYONE

OFFICE HOUR: FRIDAYS 3.10-4.10 PM ROOM 108 SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES

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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

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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.

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IMAGINE IF IT HAD NEVER STARTED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcboST0evqE&li

st=PLE112CDAA050373D1

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DEFINITION

OED

Image; http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/digital-divide

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Barriers• Culture• Socio-economic class • Geographic location

WHY IS ACCESS TO THE INTERNET A PROBLEM

Image: http://wireless.ictp.trieste.it/simulator/map.html

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TECHNOLOGY AND ICT SKILLS

Image‘: http://wiki.nus.edu.sg/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=19039171

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CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL DIGITAL ACCESS

Image http://http://rosieleavyict.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/poverty.html

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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

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WORLD POPULATION

Image L http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/World_population.PNG

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The World at night: Electricity ConsumptionImage from: http://irevolution.net/2013/02/02/pulse-of-the-planet/

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The World: Information consumptionImage from: http://irevolution.net/2013/02/02/pulse-of-the-planet/

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The World: heatmap, based n the no. of photos submitted to PanaramioImage from: http://irevolution.net/2013/02/02/pulse-of-the-planet/

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Europe & North Africa: geo-located tweets and Flickr photosImage from: http://irevolution.net/2013/02/02/pulse-of-the-planet/

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Europe: Friendship ties on FacebookImage from: http://irevolution.net/2013/02/02/pulse-of-the-planet/

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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

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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

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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

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EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT

E-government strategies

Promote innovation and transparency in public

sector

Allow and foster ICT access

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CULTURE AND ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES

Socio-economic

status and culture

are sometimes

connected.

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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

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EXERCISE

In groups discuss how the digital divide has or has

not impacted on your life • 2 minutes • Report back

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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

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WHAT IS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE TODAY?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn18X4-PSPc

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NEXT LECTURE

Information Overload and Attention