9th week: Digital Divide

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This week we deal with the following questions:

 


> How do innovations diffuse in and among societies?

 

> What is the digital divide?


 

 

This week's tasks consist of 3 activities:

 1- Watch: watch the following lectures:

  Download Slides9_Digital Divide_Hilbert.pdf


Download ForNotes_Slides9_Digital Divide_Hilbert.pdf

9-1: Introduction Digital Divide (3:52)

9-2: Diffusion of Innovations through Social Networks (21:21)

9-3: How to Define the Digital Divide (5:59)

9-4: Subscriptions vs. Bandwidth (16:03)

9-5: What Determines the Digital Divide (7:58)

9-6: Digital Gender Divide confusion (10:43)

9-7: From Digital Access to Real Impact (6:41)

9-8: Many Definition of the Digital Divide (5:36)

 (total 1h 18min)

 

2- Read the following text:

Mark Zuckerberg (2014), “Is Connectivity A Human Right?”, https://www.facebook.com/isconnectivityahumanright Links to an external site. ; read full version: Download Zuckerberg on Connectivity as HumanRight.pdf

Links to an external site.

Hilbert, M. (2011). The end justifies the definition: The manifold outlooks on the digital divide and their practical usefulness for policy-making. Telecommunications Policy, 35(8), 715–736. http://www.martinhilbert.net/the-end-justifies-the-definition/ Links to an external site. (focus on Sections 1,2,3 & 5; it is enough to skim Section "4. Who defines the digital divide in practice?")

 

3- Contribute to the online forum:

- 9th session- Online Discussion

 

Additional Voluntary:

Cut Off From Opportunity Without Equal Access to Internet Links to an external site. (9min) Digital divide in U.S. Links to an external site. (2min);