Geographical factor
-This is my local example of the cause of the digital divide
A place like a Brazilian forest where the local people in the jungle live, they have no technologic devices. They don´t use them, and the reason why is just because no one has ever seen anything or heard anything about the new technology that exist. They have never heard of something like a computer or the internet. This can only be because of the place that they live. There are no cities near them or villages that can provide electricity. I think you can say that they live in a whole different world than we do. They don´t have the chance to use all the technology that is available. The other problem for this people is that they don’t use currency, because they don’t need it. They make everything on their own, and gather all they food by themselves. The only thing that they do is trade things.
http://feber.se/video/art/200727/okontaktad_stam_filmad_i_brasi/ the source for this…
-This is my global example of the cause of the digital divide
“Africa Renewal, a UN publication, states that in no African country outside Egypt and South Africa does more than 20 per cent of the population have direct access to mains electricity. Even large companies in large cities are regularly subject to black outs.” this can either be because of the location of were all the people live, and it is because Africa is so huge. It is hard to reach out with electricity to everyone. On the graph below you can see that the telephone lines percentage over north, south and sub.saharan Africa is very low.
SOURCE: Edexcel AS GCE Applied ICT: Singe award page 39.
A place like a Brazilian forest where the local people in the jungle live, they have no technologic devices. They don´t use them, and the reason why is just because no one has ever seen anything or heard anything about the new technology that exist. They have never heard of something like a computer or the internet. This can only be because of the place that they live. There are no cities near them or villages that can provide electricity. I think you can say that they live in a whole different world than we do. They don´t have the chance to use all the technology that is available. The other problem for this people is that they don’t use currency, because they don’t need it. They make everything on their own, and gather all they food by themselves. The only thing that they do is trade things.
http://feber.se/video/art/200727/okontaktad_stam_filmad_i_brasi/ the source for this…
-This is my global example of the cause of the digital divide
“Africa Renewal, a UN publication, states that in no African country outside Egypt and South Africa does more than 20 per cent of the population have direct access to mains electricity. Even large companies in large cities are regularly subject to black outs.” this can either be because of the location of were all the people live, and it is because Africa is so huge. It is hard to reach out with electricity to everyone. On the graph below you can see that the telephone lines percentage over north, south and sub.saharan Africa is very low.
SOURCE: Edexcel AS GCE Applied ICT: Singe award page 39.
-Global measure to bridge the gap
Barbados aims to be the World’s Smallest Developed Economy with an IT policy in an economy that is driven by tourism and international business so. This is a very small country and it is an Island that is located to the west of North America. The main goal of their IT policy includes the use of information technology in the areas of public sector reform and crime fighting. E-government initiatives have been established such as GOBINET and Smart Stream. GOBINET is an information network facilitated by a series of government websites, these websites were established to serve the global public with information on demand, increase transparency of government operations and provide a medium through which citizens could correspond easily with government. Smart Stream is software, which manages and monitors the expenditure of some government departments. Edu Tech is a seven-year Education sector enhancement programme designed to assist students in mastering the skills necessary for them to compete in the information age; manage school systems; motivate teachers; and facilitate the teaching of various subjects. Telecommunications reform is in the planning stages in Barbados. The cause of this can be that is because of its geographical and economic situation, Barbados is placed in the middle of the sea; the country has a small economy that mostly is driven by tourism. And that can be the factors why they are not in the same place in technology as many other countries are.
This graph shows that Barbados in 2000 only had an average of 3.8% on 100 inhabitants that was using the internet. That is a very low sum.
Internet Usage in Bahamas
Year, Users, Population, %PEN, GDP p.c.*, Usage source.
2000 13,100 304,000 4.3 % US$ 14,296 ITU
2003 84,000 326,057 23.4 % US$ 14,585 ITU
2006 93,000 330,602 28.1 % US$ 14,920 ITU
2007 103,000 335,142 30.7 % US$ 21,600 ITU
2009 142,000 307,552 46.2 % US$ 14,920 ITU
2010 131,280 310,428 42.3 % US$ 14,920 FB
Note: Per Capita GDP in US dollars, source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
On this graph we see Bahamas internet Usage at year 2000 when it was 13.100 users, 4.3% of the population. Ten years later when there are 131.280 users and that is 42.3 percent of the population. There have been some remarkable changes in a ten years time.
-Local measure to bridge the gap