1. Mark Zuckerberg says connectivity is a basic human
right – do you agree?
Questions for comprehension:
1. What is your understanding of the term “connectivity”?
My understanding of the word “connectivity” is that it is the capacity for the
interconnection of platforms, systems, and applications. This definition
basically means the amountfor the two things in platforms, systems and
applications.
2. What are Facebook Zero and Wikipedia Zero, and how do
these work? Why are these thought to be good for developing
countries?
Facebook Zero is a text-only version of the site with no data charges. Itis good
for developing countries because it allows them to communicate with friends
and family within the country and also to communicate with people outside
the country and be active, socialand keeping up with the latest news updates
and gossip.
Wikipedia Zero is a flagship programmethat partners with mobile phone
providers to let people browsewith no data charges. Itis good for developing
countries because it allows them to research and know any famous people like
their background, how they started their careers and the privatelife. Also, if
there is false information on Wikipedia Zero, then they can easily edit it and
change it to the correct information by making an account.
2. 3. What other initiatives are taking place in developing
countries, to encourage people to get online?
Another country that initiatives are taking place is a developing
country like India. In India there is around 200 million using the
internet; however, 30% are women. This means that many people
are using the internet but the 70% of the users are males. India
would want more females to be on the internet because the mothers
are directed by "inspirational" quotes such as "internet moms
connect well with their kids" and "internet moms make meals fun".
This means that it helps the mothers engage more with their
children.
4. Do you agree with Zuckerberg's view that connectivity is a
human right?
I agree. I think that Zuckerberg’s view on connectivity is a human
right because it brings people together and it unifies people. This
means that people are more active on social media, they can find out
things they didn’t know, read articles and have a social life by using
Facebook Zero. Furthermore, this leads to an increase in the
developing countries social lives.
5. How does your internet behaviour differ from five years ago?
Many people now turn to the web for information on key
services – are you among them?
There is a big difference from my internet behaviour from 5 years
ago. For example, 5 years ago, I used the internet to communicate
3. with my friends by using Blackberry Messenger and I used it to play
on my Xbox by using Xbox Live which allows me to play against my
friends on different games online. This means that back then, there
wasn’t that many options to use the internet wisely because we
were still developing and finding more and new ways of using the
internet efficiently.
Now, I my internet behaviour has changed significantly because I use
it more often and I go on a variety of things that run on internet
access. For example, now, I have more ways to connect to my family
and friends with are using WhatsApp and Snapchat; I also use the
internet to check the weather for the week. This means that now, I
have many options to use the internet easily and quickly and because
we are almost developed, it’s easy to access the internet and I can
use it more efficiently.
