Thursday, October 02, 2008
The Global Digital Divide
The Global Digital Divide is what separates countries like The United States from less economic countries. Since the birth of the internet, online communication has helped close the gap between people internationally to converse at real time. What once use to take months to reach a person can now be reached to them in seconds.
The digital revolution of the internet has opened doors between countries for many uses. For example, in medical field, doctors in one country can talk to doctors in another to get or give medical tips to one another. Also this opens the idea of having one doctor who cannot be present still give a walk through procedure for a medical examination.
The digital revolution of the internet has opened doors between countries for many uses. For example, in medical field, doctors in one country can talk to doctors in another to get or give medical tips to one another. Also this opens the idea of having one doctor who cannot be present still give a walk through procedure for a medical examination.
Education was something that was revolutionized as well in other countries. According to the article, Poor nations on front line of computer wars, it discusses how countries like Brazil are being taught to information technology skills to more than 100,000 of their poorest citizens. As hard to believe there are countries that do not know anything about a computer or the internet. With these lesser countries being taught and having access to such resources, the world aims to follow the lines of Friedman's theory of a "flat" world.
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A good post, and a good video. Always cite the title and source of the videos you post.
Are the gaps to big to be overcome? Is the developed world pulling away too fast? Or is the spread of cheap digital technology slowly bridging this divide? What is going to happen during the coming global recession?
Are the gaps to big to be overcome? Is the developed world pulling away too fast? Or is the spread of cheap digital technology slowly bridging this divide? What is going to happen during the coming global recession?
A good post, and a good video. Always cite the title and source of the videos you post.
Are the gaps to big to be overcome? Is the developed world pulling away too fast? Or is the spread of cheap digital technology slowly bridging this divide? What is going to happen during the coming global recession?
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Are the gaps to big to be overcome? Is the developed world pulling away too fast? Or is the spread of cheap digital technology slowly bridging this divide? What is going to happen during the coming global recession?
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