A presentation to try and find out if we're living in an information divided world and looking at the internet as the main source of information in our world today?

1. ARE WE LIVING IN A
WORLD DIVIDED INTO
INFORMATION HAVES
AND HAVE NOTS?
CT231 Presentation
By Brian Neary
@BrianNeary93 #CT231

2. What
is
Information?
CC BY-SA 2.0
Dave Dugdale

3. INFORMATION CAN BE
DEFINED AS:
 knowledge acquired through experience or
study
 theact of informing or the condition of
being informed
 knowledge of specific and timely events or
situations

4. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Jay Yohe hackNY
WHERE DO WE GET INFORMATION?
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) (CC BY 2.0)
phonono Bradley Gordon

5. “KNOWLEDGE IS OF
TWO KINDS.
WE KNOW A SUBJECT
OURSELVES, OR WE
KNOW WHERE WE CAN
FIND INFORMATION
UPON IT. ”
-SAMUEL JOHNSON
(CC BY 2.0)
R/DV/RS

6. Is
There an
Information
Divide
In our
World?
(CC BY 2.0)
FlyingSinger

7. 91% OF PEOPLE USE THE INTERNET TO FIND
INFORMATION…
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Fibby

8. “Today, if you have an
Internet connection,
you have at your
fingertips an amount of
information previously
available only to those
with access to the world's
greatest libraries indeed,
in most respects what is
available through
the Internet dwarfs those
libraries,
and it is incomparably
easier to find what you
need.”
-Peter Singer (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Mr. T in DC

9. http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.
htm

10. MAIN CAUSES OF THE DIVIDE:
 Poorer regions not having the structure in place to access the
internet
Only 21% of households in developing countries
have access to the internet.
 Older people not having the knowledge to use the internet
Less than 10% of all internet users are over 65 years of
age

11. IS
THERE
ANYTHING
BEEN
DONE TO
REPAIR
THIS
DIVIDE?
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
kevin dean

12. ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD…
GREEN WI-FI...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
World Bank Photo Collection

13. http://www.google.co.in/intl/en/landing/in
ternetbus/

14. GETTING OLDER PEOPLE INVOLVED ON
THE INTERNET...
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
UCT Summer School

15. http://theprojectgoal.org/

16. “Given that the
Internet
has become
an indispensable tool
for realizing a
range of human rights,
combating inequality,
and
accelerating development
and human progress,
ensuring
universal access
to the Internet should be a
priority for
all states.” (CC BY 2.0)
Neubie

17. ARE
THESE
EFFORTS
HAVING
AN
EFFECT?
(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Judit Klein

18. A 445% increase in internet users in 10 years
A further 23% increase from 2010 to 2012
http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/10/22/incr
edible-growth-of-the-internet-since-2000/

19. “Give a man a fish and you feed
him for a day; teach a man to fish
and you feed him for a lifetime.”
-Maimonides
(CC BY 2.0)
Diganta Talukdar

20. Thank you!
Feel free to ask any questions!
CT231 Presentation
By Brian Neary
@BrianNeary93
#CT231