The Digital Divide: erinevus redaktsioonide vahel
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=== What's that? === | === What's that? === | ||
The Digital Divide has been defined in a variety of ways. We can read a simple explanation from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide Wikipedia]: "The digital divide is the gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies and those without." | The Digital Divide has been defined in a variety of ways. We can read a simple explanation from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide Wikipedia]: "The digital divide is the gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies and those without." The UNDP Report 2001 adds: "The digital divide is a reflection of broader socioeconomical inequalities". | ||
=== Different dimensions === | === Different dimensions === | ||
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==== Legal issues ==== | |||
The UNDP Report states "In 1998 the 29 OECD countries spent $520 billion on research and development - more than the combined economic output of the world’s 30 poorest countries. OECD countries, with 19% of the world’s people, also accounted for 91% of the 347,000 new patents issued 1998. And in these countries more than 60% of research and development is now carried out by the private sector, with a correspondingly smaller role for public sector research." | |||
This is a serious problem which has a number of different aspects, most of them being tied to the currently prevalent system of intellectual property. A lot of the poorer worlds are cut off from accessing the more recent knowledge - when a large share of state-of-the-art scientific knowledge are locked inside expensive journals and paid-subscription online services, even the development of technical infrastructure of developing countries is not enough. It results in them being increasingly left out of the game, further widening the divide. | |||
==== Affordability ==== | ==== Affordability ==== | ||
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=== Global impact === | === Global impact === | ||
=== Building the bridge === | |||
"It is often thought that people gain access to technological innovations - more effective medicine or transportation, the telephone or the Internet - once they have more income. This is true - economic growth creates opportunities for useful innovations to be created and diffused. But the process can also be reversed: investments | |||
in technology, like investments in education, can equip people with better tools and make them more productive and prosperous. Technology is a tool, not just a reward, for growth and development." (UNDP 2001). | |||
Redaktsioon: 14. veebruar 2007, kell 20:36
What's that?
The Digital Divide has been defined in a variety of ways. We can read a simple explanation from Wikipedia: "The digital divide is the gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technologies and those without." The UNDP Report 2001 adds: "The digital divide is a reflection of broader socioeconomical inequalities".
Different dimensions
Physical access
Legal issues
The UNDP Report states "In 1998 the 29 OECD countries spent $520 billion on research and development - more than the combined economic output of the world’s 30 poorest countries. OECD countries, with 19% of the world’s people, also accounted for 91% of the 347,000 new patents issued 1998. And in these countries more than 60% of research and development is now carried out by the private sector, with a correspondingly smaller role for public sector research."
This is a serious problem which has a number of different aspects, most of them being tied to the currently prevalent system of intellectual property. A lot of the poorer worlds are cut off from accessing the more recent knowledge - when a large share of state-of-the-art scientific knowledge are locked inside expensive journals and paid-subscription online services, even the development of technical infrastructure of developing countries is not enough. It results in them being increasingly left out of the game, further widening the divide.
Affordability
Education
Rural vs urban
Developing Countries
Cultural issues
Global impact
Building the bridge
"It is often thought that people gain access to technological innovations - more effective medicine or transportation, the telephone or the Internet - once they have more income. This is true - economic growth creates opportunities for useful innovations to be created and diffused. But the process can also be reversed: investments in technology, like investments in education, can equip people with better tools and make them more productive and prosperous. Technology is a tool, not just a reward, for growth and development." (UNDP 2001).
References
- Torero, M., von Braun, J. (eds). Information and Communication Technologies for Development and Poverty Reduction: The Potential of Telecommunications. Johns Hopkins University Press 2006.
- http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2001/en/pdf/completenew.pdf
- http://www.digitaldivide.org/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide
- http://wiki.media-culture.org.au/index.php/Digital_Divide
