Digital Divide
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- Created on: 02-10-17 21:06
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- Digital Divide
- Generation Divide
- Ofcom says that there is a divide across generations of New Media
- Boyle
- New Media is associated with young people
- Boyle
- 12-15 year olds are more likely than adults to do cross-media multi-tasking
- New Media is associated with young people
- Ofcom says that there is a divide across generations of New Media
- Boyle
- Boyle
- Divide in decline due to older age groups increasing in online activities
- e.g. Social networking
- Boyle
- Young people have grown up in a vastly different world
- More access to New Media and used to the immediacy of it
- The way young people seek information is different to older generations
- Adults are anxious about the exposure young people have to the media
- e.g. Violence
- New Media has made it worse
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- Terrorist propaganda
- Forms of bullying
- New Media has made it worse
- Access to ***********
- Terrorist propaganda
- Forms of bullying
- Forms of bullying
- Terrorist propaganda
- Access to ***********
- New Media has made it worse
- Forms of bullying
- Terrorist propaganda
- Access to ***********
- Ofcom says that there is a divide across generations of New Media
- Class Divide
- Arguably, the poor are excluded from New Media usage as they are the 'underclass' who can't keep up with the middle class usage
- The class divide in media usage has narrowed, but still exists nonetheless (Ofcom)
- 95% of the Middle Class use devices to go online compared to 75% of Working Class groups
- 3/4 of the Middle Class own a smartphone compared to 54% of the Working Class
- 95% of the Middle Class use devices to go online compared to 75% of Working Class groups
- Helpser
- Despite the narrowing, a 'digital underclass' is characterised by unemployment, lower education levels and low digital skills
- This group has increased its use of the internet at a much slower rate than other social groups
- Despite the narrowing, a 'digital underclass' is characterised by unemployment, lower education levels and low digital skills
- Gender Divide
- Li and Kirkup
- Men are more likely to use chatrooms and email
- More likely to play computer games on consoles
- Men are more likely to use chatrooms and email
- Ofcom (2015)
- Men are more likely than females to use the internet (23.3 hours:17.8 hours)
- Women are more likely to go online to use social media sites (67%:60%
- Men are more likely than females to use the internet (23.3 hours:17.8 hours)
- IAB (Internet Advising Bureau)
- Women now account for 52% who play digital games
- Linked to popularity of the smartphone as games have extended beyond PCs and consoles
- Mobile puzzlers, such as Candy Crush, were attractive to females as they were free, intuitive and had a low learning curve
- Mobile puzzlers, such as Candy Crush, were attractive to females as they were free, intuitive and had a low learning curve
- Linked to popularity of the smartphone as games have extended beyond PCs and consoles
- Women now account for 52% who play digital games
- Olsen et al
- Boys are more likely to play violent video games because they want to express fantasies of power and glory to work out stress
- Girls are increasingly using video games to express and cope with anger
- Boys are more likely to play violent video games because they want to express fantasies of power and glory to work out stress
- Hartmann and Klimmt
- Women gamers generally dislike violent content and prefer social interaction aspect of games
- Royse et al
- Female gamers who spend between 3 and 10 hours a week were found to be motivated by the competition and allowed them to challenge gender norms
- Li and Kirkup
- Global Divide
- World Economic Forum (WEF) (2014)
- Divide between developed and developing nations is worsening
- Developed world has greater access to mobile broadband and the internet than the less developed world
- Divide between developed and developing nations is worsening
- World Bank
- 2012 - 3/4 of the population had access to a mobile
- 6 billion in use across the world
- Mobile phone use has spread - particularly in Africa
- 2012 - 3/4 of the population had access to a mobile
- 6 billion in use across the world
- 2012 - 3/4 of the population had access to a mobile
- 2012 - 3/4 of the population had access to a mobile
- GSMA (2014)
- 72% of Africans use mobile phones
- False impression of digital revolution
- Mobile connectivity is limited
- 18% of phones are smartphones
- Regional disparities in acess to mobiles
- Difficulties of access due to the fact that the language is in English
- Large proportion of African countries have high levels of illiteracy
- False impression of digital revolution
- 72% of Africans use mobile phones
- World Economic Forum (WEF) (2014)
- Generation Divide
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