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

How does this compare to core and periphery? Are these core nations?

• 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?

Global digital divide – GDD Define this

What is an electronic ghetto?

Who are the ‘switched off’?

What are the factors influencing the digital divide?

• Rank them in order of importance

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

ICT used for the promotion of human development

• 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