can social media connect the world if there is a digital divide?

can social media connect the world if there is a digital divide?
@gminks
Bitnorth 2010

Disclaimer:
Statistics and stories provided have an American (and Southern) bias

Shirley Sherrod
USDA Employee
Andrew Breitbart
Conservative Blogger

What is the digital divide?

physical access to digital and information technology
1
93 million Americans still lack access to broadband
35% of US population
(which part of the population?)

Broadband Access
82%
College Graduates
46%
High School Graduates

Cell Phone Access

2
resources & skills required to effectively participate as a digital citizen
Resources: Software
Skills: Ability to use software and hardware required, understanding of the social rules for participating in online activities

What is a digital citizen?

A person that participates in society using a certain amount of information technology (IT).
Participation includes
Creating content (blogs, pictures, wikis, etc)
Participating in social networking sites
UsingeCommerce

can digital literacy be used to control perception?

Did he use digital skills (blogging, video editing) to reinforce perceptions of one segment of society….
Or did he neglect to check the validity of digital information he came across?

Did communicating in a way that made sense culturally make her an easy target in the digital world?
Is losing cultural identity a requirement of participation in a digital world?

what will the digital world be like if all cultures aren’t participants in shaping digital culture

can social media connect the world if there is a digital divide?
@gminks
Bitnorth 2010

APPENDIX

Resources
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296442A1.pdf
http://www.benton.org/node/39705
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Mobile-Access-2010.aspx?r=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_citizen
http://jolt.merlot.org/vol6no2/richards_0610.pdf
http://failbook.com/tag/parents/
http://bhc3.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/how-to-tweet-your-way-out-of-a-job/
http://mediamatters.org/research/201007220004

Types of digital citizens
Opts out of paper mail for email
Communicates respectfully on public forum
Subscribes to feeds about local volunteering events from blogs/social networks
Personally Responsible
Uses a discussion forum to organize a local clothing drive
Uses online social network to raise money for a local charity
Participatory
Creates a Web 2.0 resource such as a wiki or a public discussion forum that directly deals with social issues
Supports a movement by joining an appropriate online social network.
Justice Oriented
Digital Citizenship and Web 2.0 Tools, Reshan Richards, June 2010

digital citizenship is changing our social relationships

Parent/Child

This goes both ways…….

Hiring manger – job candidate

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