A digital divide is an economic inequality between groups, broadly construed, in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies. The divide inside countries, such as the digital divide in the United States, can refer to inequalities between individuals, households, businesses, and geographic areas at different socio-economic and other demographic levels, while the Global digital divide designates countries as the units of analysis and examines the divide between developing and developed countries on an international scale.
“Digital Divide” also refers to the gap between those who can benefit from digital technology and those who cannot. ”Closing the Digital Divide” therefore means more than just giving the poor the same technologies already received by the rich. Closing the Divide involves restructuring the telecommunications sectors in each nation so that broadband’s benefits can flow to the masses, not just the elite urban sectors of emerging markets.
"Digital Noesis" studies how digitization and digital technology affect human “knowing.” Using spoken language as the base, technologies such a writing, print, and electronically mediated communication affect the manner in which humans know themselves and their world. Digital noesis studies this process.
References used:
http://www.digitaldivide.org/digital-divide/digitaldividedefined/digitaldivide.html
https://portfolio.du.edu/portfolio/getportfoliofile?uid=5742
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide
Digital divide is very prominent in emerging economies like India where a certain section of the society uses the latest iphones and tablets while a large part of the population has not even seen a computer in their life. Clich means osing the digital divide is of utmost importance for a comprehensive growth of the nation. The government is taking several steps towards ensuring this.
ReplyDeleteThe term noesis is a Greek word which refers to "psychological result of perception, learning and reasoning". With the digital media bringing about a huge change in the way people think or work, the study of digital noesis, as defined above, has become an interesting field.
In Indian context, a study dating back to 2011 says India's 'digital divide' worst among peers. Most Indians are missing out on the "digital revolution" due to dismal Internet access for the poor with the nation lagging far behind its emerging market peers.
ReplyDeleteAs per the study, on a scale of one to 186 with one the worst, India stood at 39, in the same "extreme risk" category as Niger, ranked number one, Chad and Ethiopia.
Like we wouldn't be using this platform to learn about stuff if we didn't have internet access.
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ReplyDeleteDoesn't this entire concept of Digital divide boils down to economic divide, as it is obvious rich will have access to fancy gadgets, latest technologies, but the relatively poorer lot will have none.
ReplyDeleteJust wondering??
Tripti Srivastava: 12BM60096
ReplyDeleteDigital divide is the economic inequality that exists because of which people have different access of and use of information and communication technology. Some people are financially sound so that they can use these technologies while others cannot.
Noesis refers to perception of mind, so digital noesis refers to how digitization affects human perception. Thus digital noesis is the study of how well digitization be optimally used to change human understanding and perception.
@Happy I personally feel, bridging the digital divide should in theory bridge the economic divide. Digital inclusion has the potential to bring education to people in countries where educational infrastructure is limited, like India.
ReplyDeleteDigital inclusion is also crucial in helping people take part in economic activities and is thus, bound to improve democratic governance.
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ReplyDeleteDigital divide is the socioeconomic and other disparities between people who have opportunities to access to digital and network resources, including the Internet, and opportunity to learn using information and communication technology, and those who do not have these opportunities or skills.
12BM60019-B Vaishnavi
ReplyDelete"Many non-profit organizations are working towards the elimination of digital divide. These organizations collect used digital equipments like computers from donors, get them repaired and supply them for projects in developing countries.They also provide support and maintenance for these equipment to ensure their good usage".
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ReplyDeleteAlso, India has taken baby steps towards bridging the Digital divide. The rolling out of third-generation (3G) phone services is a major boost to rural Internet usage.
I think the entire thing is a process where it all starts with "Digital Noesis". First a particular technology is researched and developed. After that it is decided whether such a product can be used to create a business opportunity. And thus starts "Digital Divide" with all the rich people being the first people to buy them. Gradually as the market matures and the prices come down, more and more lower and lower middle class people are able to buy the product. This is "Closing the digital divide"
ReplyDeleteRoll: 12BM60040 Monika Sahu: Noetic Consciousness involves internal representations, and is associated with semantic memory .It allows an organism to be aware of, and to cognitively operate on, objects and events, as well as relations among objects and events, in the absence of the physical presence of those objects and events.Thus digital noesis would refer to the influence of digital technology on our subconscious mind.
ReplyDeleteAnother very interesting perspective to Digital Divide can be "Parent-Children" digital divide, in which the parents who are "Digitally Illiterate" but rich enough to provide all the latest gadgets to their children from a very early age experience it.
ReplyDeleteThe children often develop virtual personalities which alter their behaviour from what they would have grown up as had their been no internet 24*7 available to them. This forms a part of their "Digital Noesis".
The parents unaware of the gadgets and lacking knowledge to operate them do not come to know what their child might is up to. Several children are exposed to porn and nudity, make accounts and chat to strangers even before their correct age of 13 prescribed by the website.
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ReplyDeleteThis digital divide inequity arises from income differences,education,location(rural&urban),family background,race & ethnic groups. Although in developed countries digital tools like internet etc are no longer a luxury good the major barrier is digital illiteracy.The role of government in developed countries is quite remarkable when compared to developing countries through establishing on-line centres and digital inclusion.
noesis is the psychological result of perception and learning.Digital noesis interconnected network of people who actively observe, report, collect, analyze, and disseminate information via text, audio, or video messages digitally.
The rise of internet adoption and mobile technology has reduced gaps.Mobile technology is helping youths with no college experience, groups with lower income levels access the internet thus helping bridge the digital divide to some extent. However differences in internet access between different demographic groups still remains.
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ReplyDeleteThe potential existence of the digital divide and how managers react to the divide
should be of interest to those conducting research in business management especially
in the areas of information systems (IS) and marketing as well as those working in
economics and public policy. Information and communications technology can change the whole scenario how a business functions and how the profits can be earned to the maximum limits.
12BM60019-B Vaishnavi
ReplyDeleteImage processing is an excellent tool of digitalization which manipulates the images and enhances the details that the human eye cannot see unaided. Thus image processing influences human know how and can be referred to while stuyding digital noesis.
@snehil don't you think this 3G services increased the digital gap because in India many people in rural don't know the proper usage of digital tools. I think knowledge(digital) imbibing is the major barrier in India.
ReplyDeleteMost rural customers do not have access to a PC, yet everyone ranging from a milkman to a paper delivery boy carries a smartphone, albeit a china piece :P Now, even though a large segment of the rural population might be illiterate, you cannot deny the fact that there is more chance of them experiencing internet for the first time on a mobile phone rather than a PC.
DeleteThus supporting my argument that, 3G has the potential of bridging the digital divide between urban and rural India.
@Snehil :- I agree with you that Chinese mobile has somewhat bridged the economic inequality part of digital divide.
DeleteStill we have second level of digital divide.New applications have made it possible for anyone with a computer and an internet connection to be a creator of content, like public blogs. Also technologies like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Blogs enable users to participate online and create content without having to understand how the technology actually works. But still large number of net users are the consumers of information .So this trend leads to a digital divide between those who have the skills and understanding to interact more fully with the technology and those who are passive consumers of it
S. Subramanian , 12BM60088
DeleteLow-income students disproportionally lack access to broadband Internet at school and at home, a trend teachers say is frustrating for students and limits teachers' own capabilities in the classroom. Teachers who work with low-income students say that their students' lack of access to digital technology is a "major challenge" to using quality online resources in their lessons.Thus the whole education system is also affected due to this.
12BM60012 - Snehil Singh
Delete@Rashmi I totally agree with you on the first part. Though my use of Chinese mobiles as an example was more of sarcasm, my intent was to show that the launch of 3G services helps to reduce the digital divide.
Advocates of using new technologies to overcome social exclusion will always say that technology and connectivity are not in themselves the answer. But they do provide some routes in to opportunities - for both personal and community development.
@Keerti, @Rashmi(on your second half of the comment) The new applications are gonna be developed irrespective of wether the rural community has access to it or not and thus, the digital divide is anyway increasing. So access to technology & connectivity will invariably help in either reducing this divide or atleast maintain it n not increase !!
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DeleteIn my opinion, if new technologies are adopted by some people (who usually happen to be rich), it should not be taken in a negative sense. It may lead to an increase in the digital divide, but it's not something which we need to be worried about. Instead of focusing on the people who are using digital technologies to gain an advantage, we should focus more on those who are deprived of those technologies and are lagging behind. It's great that people are looking to bridge the gap and reduce the digital divide. But our aim should not be to stop the use of digital technologies but to increase its access to the people who are deprived of it.
12BM60002:Subhasis Barman
ReplyDeleteOvercoming the digital divide
The United Nations is aiming to raise awareness of the divide by way of the World Information Society Day which has taken place yearly since May 17, 2001.It also sets up the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Task Force in November 2001.
Furthermore, even though individuals might be capable of accessing the Internet, many are thwarted by barriers to entry such as a lack of means to infrastructure or the inability to comprehend the information that the Internet provides. Lack of adequate infrastructure and lack of knowledge are two major obstacles that impede mass connectivity. These barriers limit individuals' capabilities in what they can do and what they can achieve in accessing technology. Some individuals have the ability to connect, but they do not have the knowledge to use what information ICTs and Internet technologies provide them. This leads to a focus on capabilities and skills, as well as awareness to move from mere access to effective usage of ICT.
12BM60055 - Lakshmi Priya Vijay
ReplyDeleteIn today’s world of digital technology and increasing use of technological aids in all walks of life, inclusive growth can be made possible only by bridging the digital divide. This divide hinders the growth of the nation as a whole and thus should be handled diligently and appropriately. The digital divide between the generations is also a food for thought and actions.
In that context, the term "digital noesis" plays an important part in aptly bridging the digital divide by bringing about a drastic change in the manner in which people think and work.
12BM60009 - Rakesh Rajendran M
DeleteMajority of the people even if they have access to internet and search engines lack the ability to comprehend the information it provides. The advanced search engines have been able to consolidate the vast unstructured information to a great extend. But the barriers like lack of adequate infrastructure have limited the individual's capability of achieving better and efficient solutions. On the contrary, there are others who have access but they may not have adequate knowledge to use the information and technology to effectively streamline the growth.
Digitization influences the psychological level of perception and reasoning capabilities of human mind. Digital Noesis helps in analyzing the digital divide and its methodologies are used as analytical tools to bridge the digital divide.
12BM60091 - Bharat Reddy K
ReplyDeleteConceptualization of the digital divide is often as follows:
1.Subjects of connectivity, or who connects: individuals, organizations, enterprises, schools, hospitals, countries, etc.
2.Characteristics of connectivity, or which attributes: demographic and socio-economic variables, such as income, education, age, geographic location, etc.
3.Means of connectivity, or connectivity to what: fixed or mobile, Internet or telephony, digital TV, etc.
4.Intensity of connectivity, or how sophisticated the usage: mere access, retrieval, interactivity, innovative contributions.
5.Purpose of connectivity, or why individuals and their cohorts are (not) connecting: reasons individuals are and are not online and uses of the Internet and ICTs.
As in Digital noesis people who are the creators of information on web either by blog ,text messages etc get interconnected ,so is it like this that it can't help the people who are generally passive participants on several social sites?
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In my opinion, the choice of use of digital devices doesn't affect the digital divide. There may be people who don't like to chat on the social sites (which may be due to privacy reason) and use smartphones for video-calling. It doesn't make them deprived of digitally technologies. Hence, just being a passive person and not using a particular technology doesn't clearly categorize a person. The reason needs to be taken into account.
DeleteRoll no 12BM60011: I think there is a wage premium for those with web skills, digital literacy is increasingly a basic requirement for employability, and internet access can unleash enterprise by letting people launch small businesses.
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ReplyDeleteEven in the richest countries such as the U.S., also face digital divide as not everyone has easy access to Internet.There are vast gaps between Internet accessibility in cities & rural areas,racial disparities in Internet access .
The digital divide between the most and least developed countries — measured in terms of costs, quality and connectivity — continues to grow, according to data released by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
NAME:: B.SRITHA-12BM60001
ReplyDeleteThe Digital Divide, this can also be called as the digital split,The term became popular among concerned parties, such as scholars, policy makers, and advocacy groups, in the late 1990s.digital divide inequity arises from income differences,education,location(rural&urban),family background,race & ethnic groups. Digital divide is less evident in countries like US, because it is a more developed country where there is more civilization and advancement in technology with in US compared to the other counties in Africa where people are oblivious of a personal computer in few rural areas.
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Name: Joshi Rohit Dilip
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The Digital Divide
Its not only that people in rural parts are deprived of proper infrastructure but also among the rural population the elderly are amongst the lowest user group for the internet as well as the lowest owner group for computing devices. Their reluctance or
unwillingness to embrace the technology is one of the factors that affects the usage of digital technology, creating the digital divide.
12BM60007: Lokireddy Raviteja
ReplyDeleteThese days, the old digital divide – mere access to the worldwide Web – has somewhat closed. The new digital divide between the technology haves and have-nots is now high-speed Internet access versus restricted wireless access. With each passing day, urban and suburban-dwelling, upper-income households enjoy high-speed Internet access while the poor and working class can only afford a much slower level of access that in turn limits access to critical quality of life factors.
The recent emergence of online education, video-on-demand, and Internet-ordered medicine requiring reliable, high-speed connections, has meant many Americans don’t earn enough to acquire those services – creating a virtual apartheid.
The digital divide is not getting smaller; it’s actually getting larger because the world continues to move onto the next thing.
And Digital Noesis is the process by which people try and understand the evolving digital technology for their use. And how they react and change by using the digital technology.
Digital divide is getting reduced these days with the upcoming of tablets and smart phones at cheap prices. For instance we have the akash tablet at a cheap price and is also made available to students at cheap prices. This indeed has created a new segment for companies to explore.
ReplyDeleteDigital Noesis in my view is to the extent people perceive and react to these changing technologies and what actions they perform by using digital devices.
At about 150 million Internet users, India now has 3rd largest Internet population in the world after China (at 575m) and the US (at 275m). At 150 million total Internet users, the Internet penetration in India remains at 12 per cent vs. 43 per cent in China and 80 per cent in the US.
ReplyDeleteIt is expected that by 2018 our internet users in India will be doubled and the credit goes to booming telecom sector which has enabled the access to internet at low price which will result in reduction of the digital divide.
The difference or digital split is not just limited to the internet but by access to ICT(Information and Communication technologies).In terms of the internet the apart from access we also have issues regarding cost, quality, speed etc. that should be considered.
ReplyDeleteSay a country like USA or UK are far more equipped in terms of access and also may cheaper access to the internet - hence it is more or less a household accessory. Whereas in a country like India, internet cafes still run galore because of the lack of strong, cheap and quality internet services to the general public.
A strong reason for this is internet or rather computer literacy percentages in India is very low. So agreeing with @12BM60007 Raviteja I would say as long as the developed world discovers faster newer technologies, it'll become that much more difficult for us to bridge the gap!!!!
12BM60107--- Dhileeban K M
ReplyDeleteStats shows even though India has only 22 million Internet subscribers which is less than two % of the population, but there are 919 million cell phone subscribers, representing 76 % of the population, can we say India negated the digital divide well considering only the cell phone subscribers pattern?
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ReplyDeleteDigital divide is the outcome of economic inequality that exists through out this world because of which people have different access of and use of information and communication technology. Some people are financially sound so they have the luxury of using these advance technologies while the poor and weak people,because of their low income level,are deprived of such benefits.Digital divide can also be seen between rural and urban world were the latter enjoys complete monopoly.
Noesis refers to perception of mind, so digital noesis refers to how digitization affects human perception. Thus, digital noesis is the study of how well digitization can be optimally used to change human understanding and perception.In recent times, digital noesis has found its application in the field of artificial intelligence.
I would like the readers to view a lecture delivered by prominent speaker 'Aleph Molinari' at a TEDX conference over the measures that can be taken to shrink the digital gap.This lecture offers great insight in identifying the different measures that can be taken to counter digital divide.
References
Link -: http://www.ted.com/talks/aleph_molinari_let_s_bridge_the_digital_divide.html
12BM60087, Aritro Ghosh
ReplyDeleteA digital divide is an economic inequality between groups, broadly construed, in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies(ICT).
The divide inside countries (such as the digital divide in the India)can refer to inequalities between individuals, households, businesses, and geographic areas at different socio-economic and other demographic levels, while the Global digital divide designates countries as the units of analysis and examines the divide between developing and developed countries on an international scale.
Today digitalization has changed how we look at most of the things. The human perception & understanding depends on the digital technology from social networking to digitalized animation; digital technology has shown us that human knowledge & innovation has no limits. We can develop new ideas, understand how things will react or work once in shape & much more. Our understanding today is primarily governed by the digital screen we see in front of us all the time.
Gaurav Bhattacharya
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India is trailing its so-called BRIC colleagues Brazil, Russia and China in bridging the "digital divide" as a large number of its population has no Internet access.Indian artists from Rajasthan were given training on computer usage by the Rajasthan government.Many such instances are needed to decrease the gap between India and the other BRIC countries.
12BM60098: Amit Gyanani
ReplyDeleteThe importance of elimination of "Digital Divide" has been understood by industries also and many private players have come forward to reduce this "Digital Divide".For eg Uninor has teamed up with Hand in Hand to reduce the digital divide in India.
12BM60032- T Vedha
ReplyDeleteDigital Divide- Another fancy jargon for a deep routed pretty old social issue named the Inequality. And this one is much dangerous than the other forms of inequality because of accelerative and compounded impact of IT in the present Era. Leaving the under privileged completely deprived of information, it denies them the knowledge, growth and the equality per se.
Digital Noesis- The emergence of Computer Technology has undoubtedly changed the life we live and the way we perceive it. And one small example for this is that our Children no longer play out of windows, they just prefer play in the WINDOWS. The world in near future is going to be extremely unpredictable in such happenings. But we can just pray that such future is desirable for humanity.
Rajib Layek - 12BM60030
ReplyDeleteWell there is another concept regarding this is "Global Digital Divide". This is different from the "Digital Divide", in that “Internet has developed unevenly throughout the world” causing some countries to fall behind in technology, education, labor, democracy, and tourism.
The concept of the “Digital Divide” was originally popularized with regard to the disparity in Internet access between rural and urban areas of the United States of America.
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ReplyDeleteI agree that digital noesis is causing a loss of human touch in our life. Its a two edged sword. But nobody will deny this that digitization has made information easily available to us . It has made us well connected and have worked positively in abridging rural and urban divide or privileged and under privileged gap
Bhanu Juneja - 12BM60015
ReplyDeleteDigital divide or to put it aptly digital gap/inequality is an all encompassing term which has been subject to a no of various quantifiable parameters. Some of these include:
- Lack of parental guidance
- Economic Status
- Literacy
Aptly put it refers to the separation between a narrow upper crust of
bandwidth-hungry urbanites and the vast majority of their malnourished, illiterate
countrymen, who may have to walk days just to get to the nearest working telephone.
I am reminded of Dr Sugata Mitra's "hole in the wall" project when i think of such evidently exisiting digital divide in India.
HimaVarsha: 12BM60024
ReplyDeleteWhen the country is Democrac it can adopt the Internet at a much faster pace than do autocrac country.
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There s a great initiative by Mr.Sugata Mitra which aims at fighting against Digital Divide and nurturing natural talent, i.e. "Whole in the Wall" which provides children in slums to access computers
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ReplyDeleteDigital divide is a phenomenon that is only increasing as the centuries are passing, in the olden times when there was less gadgets and less economic divide among the people and nations.
Digital Noesis is the way in which our ways and habits get affected by presence of gadgets and devices, we are relying on them for our smallest of jobs. This is created a mental block in us and made us couch potatoes who are reluctant to exercise our brains for any task.
Manas Ghose. Roll No.: 12BM60100 --- Digital divide would effectively mean the segregation of society based on access to the new age technology like Internet which has hitherto been accessed only by the privileged sections of the society. Thus, the poorer lot is left out and a knowledge gap is created which further widens the inequality thereby leading to lower development of the society.
ReplyDeleteOur presence on the the internet is something that is taken for granted. Thus our way of communicating with peers has evolved and is now much more fluid which is under the purview of digital noesis.
From an Indian perspective, no doubt significant Digital Divide exists. Hence poses a huge market for the scalable development and use of techniques enabling the 'have-nots' to not only realize but compete where information matters.
ReplyDeleteThis market is not just about the tangible development of enabler goods or techniques, it includes the intangibles of making the masses aware and honest usage of the available means thereby perfecting the affecting part of digitization ie Noesis.
We should take cues from western world where the 'Modern Digital Age' has created 'Luddites'. We should have the inclusive development to prevent the creation of such luddite mindsets
Digital divide refers to the gap or imbalance that exists between those who have access to Information and Communications Technology and also to the unequal access of resources. The digital divide can exist between those living in rural areas and those living in urban areas, between the educated and uneducated, between economic classes, and on a global scale between more and less industrially developed nations.
ReplyDeleteNeeraj Kumar-12BM60108: Digital Divide, or the digital split, is a social issue referring to the differing amount of information between those who have access to the Internet and those who do not have. This divide can exist between those living in rural areas and those living in urban areas, between the educated and uneducated, between economic classes, and on a global scale between more and less industrially developed nations.
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ReplyDeleteThe digital divide exists because the technology designers assume that creating applications for low income masses will not be profitable.The result is that even where the poor are provided access to digital technology, they receive mere “localized” versions of products and services intended for the rich.In other words, extending unmeaningful access to digital technologies to the rural sector of emerging markets could actually widen the digital divide.
A digital divide is an economic inequality between groups, or knowledge of information and communication technologies . Like the division inside countries on inequalities between individuals, households, businesses, and geographic areas etc which affect many people and other global issue like poverty and illiteracy.
ReplyDeletewhile Digital Noesis is the studies how digitization and digital technology and its affect are perceive by human.
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ReplyDeleteDigital divide may not always relate to economic inequality. Some people are reluctant in using newer digital technologies and services. For example, I have herd many people saying "I want mobile phone only to make calls, I have never used its other features". So digital divide may sometimes be just a matter of choice.
Kashif- 12BM60026
ReplyDeleteFrom discussion till now we have understood what digital divide is. We need to look further into it. It is important to discuss its causes and effects. Plus answer on ways to bridge this divide is of paramount importance, especially for country like ours, where with each decade the digital divide is increasing in proportion to economic disparity. 30% if people hold 80% of National income.
Access to information technology should no longer be a luxury in the developing world, as it is vital for improving people’s educational and economic prospects. However, the cost of new equipment, limited infrastructure and the lack of IT knowledge and skills mean that many people still do not have access to IT.
In the developing world less than 1 in every 1000 people have access to a computer compared to nearly 600 in every 1000 in the developed nations. This is when the privileged should come forward and donate their old computers to students who can not afford a new.
The onus is on us to bridge the gap.
Prashant Kumar Singh - 12BM60037
ReplyDeleteContinuing with the thougths of Kasif digital divide can be bridged if we give people access to technology that they cannot afford,if not individually then, at least, to a group of people. For example,installing one broadband connection in every village will give people access to web world. However, the process will need effort from government and private players both.In this regard the work of Internet Society (ISOC)'s Bangalore Chapter is commendable which is training everyone from tailors and glass cutters to cotton weavers and furniture makers to download pictures, e-mail, video conference, instant message, use Excel and Word, as well as promote their products on Facebook and Twitter. This is how Silicon Valley of India is trying to bridge digital divide.
Rapid digitization has changed the way we existed. Right from playing games , shopping to making friends , everything can be done in the digital world. The idea is both enticing and dangerous. We are treading towards virtual world leaving behind the concept of reality.
Reecha Sinha
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Digital divide would get widened if inappropriate access is given to the digital technologies to the rural sector of emerging markets. Access to the digital technology is a 80/20 factor.Upper to middle class people were given high access to these technologies but the low-income masses were ignored because corporate strategists (till now) assumed that designing apps for them will not be profitable. This is the reason why the gap has been widened. We need to do something to fill this gap for the overall growth of the country.
I propose three solutions to tackling the problem of digital divide in our country. These solutions are very broad in terms of their scope.
ReplyDelete1. Economic progress and inclusive growth as has already been pointed out by many of you. Projects like "One Laptop per child" have yielded encouraging results in other countries, though the Aakash tablet project was not so successful in India due to poor execution.
2. Increasing literacy as well as computer literacy among the population. This is vital because even if everyone gets a computer, they need to use it. Digital technologies need to be made simpler to use especially for senior citizens. And basic computer education should be provided to people of all ages and socio-economic backgrounds.
3. Most people who do have a computer use only very limited capabilities, since they are not aware how to use the "bit more" complicated (but still very elementary) features. Thus, they need to be empowered to lessen the digital divide. Moreover, some people do not participate in online communities and social networks, and prefer to stay in the background. This inequality in participation is also a form of the digital divide. These people need to be encouraged to participate.
Thus, we can see that the issue of digital divide and the proposed solutions are holistic in nature, and need to be seen from a long term perspective.
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DeleteAdding to Kashif and Prashant Singh's points regarding the causes of digital divide, I feel apart from just material, skill and usage access, mental access or acceptance of the new technology is also one of the major cause of digital divide.
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ReplyDeleteI agree to the points put forth by Shehzad. I would like to add that implementing these solutions will need a significant from the side of the government in leveraging ICT solutions. As far as the budget 2013 is concerned I didn't find any such significant measures proposed by the ministry related to internet communication technology(ICT). Apart from the internet communications, one important tool of bridging the digital gap is mobile technology. When we speak of digital divide, it also include the unavailability of mobile network in many parts of the country, which has led to widening of the gulf.
12BM60004- Anu Singh
ReplyDeleteOne company named 'Digital Divide Data’, short form DDD concentrates on teaching the disabled how to use technology. It was started by Canada born Jeremy Hockenstein and is one of the step to reduce digital divide.
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ReplyDeleteIn order to reduce the digital divide, we need to work on three things, which are mentioned below:
(a) Increase the access to digital technologies to all sections of the society. One laptop per child plan suffers from two major limitations - First, it may not be financially feasible and second, providing infrastructure is not enough. We would need to provide connection as well. Hence, we should rather look for making all the schools well equipped with computers and internet connections. School-going children become digitally-literate and obviously we also need to ensure that every child goes to school.
(b) We should train people how to use the technologies. For this, we need to set up free training camps and bring awareness among people regarding these services.
(c) Last, but not the least. We have to make people aware of the benefits of using the digital technologies. Unless this awareness is brought up, none of our initiatives would work.
Everything has to be explained to people in very simple terms so that they can understand the benefits. Once we are successful in this part, people would themselves come forward to be a part of the digital world.
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Market is not just about the tangible development of enabler goods or techniques, it includes the intangibles of making the masses aware and honest usage of the available means thereby perfecting the affecting part of digitization ie Noesis.
We should take cues from western world where the 'Modern Digital Age' has created 'Luddites'. We should have the inclusive development to prevent the creation of such luddite mindsets
12BM60027 Debarghya Chakraborty
ReplyDeleteTo drive the point home that India needs to reduce the digital divide in order to growth and economic progress,Digital Inclusion Index compiled by MapleCroft found that of 186 countries India was in the lowest category, well behind Russia, China and Brazil in the BRIC grouping of emerging economies.
India is the world's fastest-growing mobile market with some 771 million mobile subscribers and monthly additions averaging around 19 million.
The biggest impediments to wider use of the Internet in India were expense, lack of education, and poor connectivity.
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ReplyDeleteDigital Noesis is concerned about how people perceive themselves digitally and their digital world, which consists of several virtual people like them. People now exist not only physically but also digitally and have several virtual link-ups with their friends, what's commonly known as "Virtual friends". People may not know each other, may have never met or had a talk ever in their life but are socially connected and are virtual friends. Well, discussing the pros and cons of the virtual connections and social networking sites is another separate issue but understanding this relationship or connection comes under the study of Digital Noesis.
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ReplyDeleteThe digital divide of our country actually mimics the economic inequality in the society. The only way to remove this economic inequality is by fostering all round balanced economic growth and development. Hence I personally believe that there is no need for the government to concentrate separately on removing digital divide. If the government can work towards effective pro-growth economic policy implementation, India will be in a better economic state and this digital divide will be automatically taken care of.
12BM60087 Aritro Ghosh
ReplyDeleteDigital inclusion will ensure education opportunities to people in developing countries where educational infrastructure is limited. It is also helps people take part in economic activities and is thus improves democratic governance.
The market of the developing countries is not just about the development of tangible goods or services, it includes the intangibles of making the general people aware of and honest usage of the available technology & knowledge thereby perfecting the affects of digitization or Noesis.
B Vaishnavi-12BM60019
ReplyDeleteMany government schools in India are collaborating with organizations like Twig.Twig creates Science learning materials in the form of films and videos. These materials ensure smooth learning of subjects and also help the students to get acquainted with digital technology.I strongly feel that such associations would reduce the digital divide in the country to a great extent.
12BM60023 Gaurav Bhattacharya
ReplyDeleteAttempts to bridge the digital divide are being made in 'India's silicon valley' Bangalore by ISOC Bangalore to train everyone from tailors and glass cutters to cotton weavers and furniture makers to download pictures, e-mail, video conference, instant message, use Excel and Word, as well as promote their products on Facebook and Twitter.This is a very good attempt to bridge the digital divide in the country.
I agree with Aritro. Economic progress and digital inclusion are complementary to each other. It is a well established fact that use of computers increases efficiency and effectiveness of business and administrative processes, that ultimately contribute to economic progress. Thus, economic progress leads to digital inclusion, and digital inclusion results in further economic progress. This creates a sort of domino effect, leading to a chain of self sustaining benefits, wherein both digital inclusion and economic progress complement and lead to each other. However, economic progress and digitization are not the only parameters that need to be taken care of. Digital inclusion is far more correlated with economic equality and inclusive growth.
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A 31-year-old wireless communications engineer, Raghavendra Sathyanarayana has registered a company Cramnet (Cognitive Radio Assisted Mobile Network) to empower Indians trapped on the wrong side of the digital divide.He plans to use unused spectrum to provide wireless internet free of charge to the digitally disenfranchised in India. "The Industrial Scientific and Medical Band" is an example of spectrum that can be used for free in secondary mode.
He hopes that it will ease the life of people by enabling them to pay bills online, farmers to check wholesale prices of their crops and mothers to know what vaccinations to give their children.
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Digital divide exists in any economy, developed , developing , under developed because there is no 100% inclusive growth even in a developed economy. There is a parity in the resources available between businesses , households and even in individual level. This parity can be reduced certainly by government intervention. Different classes of economy needs different degree of assistance from the govt. Govt. should provide special attention in an effort to erase this parity.
Roll No:12BM60040 The digital divide has many dimensions and can be categorized as global, regional and national. At national level, there is no single divide, but multiple divides: for instance; within countries, between men and women, young and elderly, rich and poor and most importantly rural and urban. Digital divide essentially means teledensity,mobile and Internet divide between the rural and urban areas. Obstacles such as illiteracy, lack of skills, infrastructures, and investment in rural areas must be tackled if India is to diminish the gap of digital divide. At the government front, it should put thrust towards: connectivity provision, content creation, capacity augmentation, core technologies creation and exploitation, cost reduction, competence building, community participation and commitment to the deprived and disadvantaged would definitely help in bridging digital divide.Successful projects that made an impact in helping to bridge digital divide in India, viz. passenger reservation system, Akashganga, Akshaya e-centres, Bhoomi, etc.
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The digital divide affect media consumption patterns for different segments in our society because it has implications for individual knowledge and learning. One way of controlling the flow of information to different segments of society is through access . However, even when information is accessible to everyone, the relative amount of knowledge gained between the haves and have-nots can widen.A variety of factors contribute to the widening of this knowledge gap. Differences across segments in their education , interest in the topics covered, and interpersonal contact with others familiar with topics covered in the media all affect an individual's motivation to seek out and consume information.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1YLPL0KOWE
Roll No:12BM60094... As definitions of digital divide has been discussed in detail over here i would like to share interesting facts about the steps taken by countries and organizations to close digital divide... Some organizations and even countries are trying to close the digital divide using free and open source software (FOSS). FOSS allows anyone to modify the software for his or her needs. One common reason to turn to FOSS is language: many software programs do not include language support for more than three or four languages. FOSS programmers can provide translation and localization for the software by changing the software code. To do this with non-open source, or proprietary, software users must wait until the company who made the software translates it.The World Summit on the Information Society was a global policy process where governments, civil society, and businesses tried to solve some of the most pressing issues, ranging from basic access to who controls the flow of information on the Internet (Internet governance and net neutrality). There is also a large group of individuals, called the Digital Divide Network (DDN) [link] who are trying to close the divide in a number of different and innovative ways.
ReplyDelete12BM60017 The production of gadgets like iphones, smartphones have become cheaper. This facilitates the accessibility to the internet and information. Government has also taken taken various steps towards eradication of this kind of differences between the people. Digital divide hampers the idea of democracy. People are not well aware about our government and governance policies
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ReplyDeleteIn this video statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life. He also hints at Economic divide in the world leading to digital divide.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bwBdxzcVbQ
This video is based on the theme "Bridging the Digital Divide". This video shows how one's trash can be treasure for others.It emphasizes the need and importance for bridging the digital gap that we have at present.
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This video shows the digital divide existing in Nepal and also tells about various creative steps to curb that digital divide.
12BM60015 - Bhanu Juneja
ReplyDeleteWithout access to forms of postmodern communication like the Internet, and e-mail many traditional and native cultures may simply be left behind and suffer economically and socially. Because we have constant access to news, and are informed almost instantly about world events, we think little about the huge advantage this gives us. By having access to these forms of communication, people are able to plan, and act in ways that will help avoid situations that can be potentially harmful to society.Without access to these forms of communication, native and traditional cultures may find themselves falling even further behind on the world stage.
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Considering the current changes in technology say for example with respect to touch screen technologies, we should investigate how usability will affect the reluctance to utilize computers and the internet. A prototype digital application should be developed that incorporates successful theories of usability as well as recommended aspects of design for people who are reluctant to use devices. The prototype should provide an effective interface that will be easy to navigate even for novice users and as such, provide a suitable tool for providing a pleasant first experience.
12BM60017 Digital noesis has its own pros and cons. Sometime we perceive the wrong to be correct due to misinterpretation and wrong analysis provided to us by the digital pool of knowledge. Some time these weapons are used by various social elements to create nuisance and hamper development.
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The Digital Divide, or the digital split, is a social issue referring to the differing amount of information between those who have access to the Internet (specially broadband access) and those who do not have access.
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ReplyDeleteThe impact of the Digital divide is massive, it affects every county around the world, the impact of the divide is daunting as a large amount of people have witnessed, not being able to access or use such technology can make a person become an outcast of society in today’s life.
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I agree Murali's point of argument on digital noesis except that it reduces the work load to brain. Actually its the other way round. Pros and cons are on the grounds of ethical or unethical usage.
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We live in a digital age where it is assumed that all people - a new generation targeted to consume and use media - have access to media and media making. From cell phones to iPods, MySpace and YouTube, people seem to have multiple ways to communicate with one another and express themselves freely. But the reality of globalization and communication technologies is a digital divide between those who have access to information and resources, and those who don’t.
In other words, we all lived at a similar level on this planet before the Agricultural Revolution was transformed into Industrial Revolution, which consequently led to mass production of goods and services. But only some nations benefited from the consequences and the future impact of these development phases, others not. The consequences are that suddenly the world became classified into “industrialized” (or developed) and “non-industrialized” (or non-developed) nations. This classification further led to what we now know as “first world”, “second world”, “third world” and so on, ie rich and poor nations.
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Digital divide can be reduced and libraries play a major role in reducing the digital divide. Various projects such as Infothela initiated by IIT Kanpur, IIT-Webel software developed by IIT Kharagpur help and enable the disadvantaged people in India to access the information resources.
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Pippa Norris's The Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty & the Internet Worldwide suggests that there are at least three major divides:
1. a global divide between the developed and undeveloped worlds
2. a social divide between the information rich and the information poor
3. a democratic divide between those who do and those who do not use the new technologies to further political participation
Anakshi Dhama: 12BM60022
ReplyDeleteThe digital divide was once used to describe different rates of technology adoption by different groups. In recent times, however, Internet access has increasingly been seen as the primary advantage that many technologies can grant in that it represents a staggering store of knowledge and resources. In this sense, the digital divide may be shrinking as cheaper mobile devices proliferate and network coverage improves worldwide.
12BM60003 : DEEPTI ANAND
ReplyDeleteToday digitization has changed our views of most of the things. Digital technology has shown us that human knowledge & innovation has no limits. We can develop new ideas, understand how things will react or work once in shape & much more. Our understanding today is primarily governed by the digital screen we see in front of us all the time.
Digitization has made information easily available to us . It has made us well connected and have worked positively in abridging rural and urban divide or privileged and under privileged gap
Digital divide is the outcome of economic inequality that exists through out this world because of which people have different access of and use of information and communication technology. Noesis refers to perception of mind, so digital noesis refers to how digitization affects human perception.
The importance of elimination of "Digital Divide" has been understood by many industries and even private players have come forward to reduce "Digital Divide".
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The efforts in bridging the digital divide extend across international boundaries. There are many international educational nonprofit institutions which focus on helping the world's poorest youth to bridge the global divides in information, technology and understanding. By expanding access to computers, technologies and the Internet, they aspire to enhance the quality of education in the developing world and help increase the chances for youth, their families and community to overcome poverty, lead productive lives and contribute to the growth of their economies.
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ReplyDeleteWith the increased availability and usage of technology, the meaning of the team “digital divide” is evolving. The current relevance of the term is more in regards to the gap between consuming content from the internet to producing the same. The latter enhance creativity proportional to the time duration of internet usage, its frequency and the strength of the data connectivity.
HimaVarsha
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Low cost china products , 2nd hand gadgets & innovative products like Akaash are helping to reduce Digital it is a good move for the growth of country
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ReplyDeleteIf digital divide crusaders really want to solve the world's inequities, they should direct their efforts toward key issues that mattered before the advent of high technology. Education is probably the most important issue that affects the ability to benefit from technology. Unless people can read and understand what they find on the Internet, all the computers and networks in the world won't be of much use.
12BM60028: keerthi The digital divide can also be reduced widely with the help of government support through establishing digital libraries in all the towns and villages so that easy access to students and people in the village.
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DeleteIn my opinion he term also describes the discrepancy between those who have the skills, knowledge and abilities to use the technologies and those who do not. The digital divide can exist between those living in rural areas and those living in urban areas, between the educated and uneducated, between economic classes, and on a global scale between more and less industrially developed nations.
ReplyDeleteOnce an individual is connected, Internet connectivity can enhance their future social and cultural capital. Social capital is acquired through repeated interactions with other individuals or groups of individuals. Like the one we are doing on this thread. Don't you think this can help us learn better while others, who might not have had access to this, would have missed out on the learning part from this blog.
ReplyDeleteWell, it has indeed added a lot of opportunities to learning and interactions.But on the flip side,we find ourselves wasting our time on nothing but exploring things that have no direct addition in our knowledge.
DeleteThe second-level digital divide, also referred to as the production gap, describes the gap that separates the consumers of content on the internet from the producers of content. As the technological digital divide is decreasing between those with access to the internet and those without, the meaning of the term digital divide is evolving.
ReplyDeletelooks like slowly their would be terms describing the gap between more sets of people-ones who use mobile internet and ones who dont or ones who use vernacular for internet connectivity v/s ones who use english etc.
Delete12BM60084 Akhil Krishna Gupta
ReplyDeleteThe economic inequality arising between groups using or knowledgeable of IT services is termed as digital divide.An interesting report by Wall Street Journal states that there are people who find themselves with too much of this IT.So as states are spending money excessively in one part,others part are being left neglected.
But slowly,we would see this digital divide fading away.With the inclusion on 90s babies who have always seen internet and mobile phones unlike people of previous generations,things would change to quite an extent.
One big difference between two sides of this digital divide is ofcourse the monetary health: people who are well to do generally play with newer technologies and gadgets while those who struggle to make their ends meet hardly think of this as a necessity.
Social media was built to increase the social interaction,but the outcome has shown different results-people using social media tend to decrease their social circles and increase the time that they devote online.
As digital companies grow bigger and fight for same chunk of market,it is obvious that they would find new ways to increase the market i.e take this digital knowledge to people who havent had it yet.So in future,if ebay or microsoft sponsors internet of some rural/remote areas,it wont be much of surprize.
Now,digital noesis is an interesting thing- studying the effect of digital technologies on human behavior.
Feels like we are guinea pigs or so- first given the digital doses and know being studied about it.
Anyways, a lot of researches have found people become restless when deprived of internet connectivity or even their favorite social media sites.A lot of people find it difficult to resist checking their cell phones once in a while,without any reason.
Is it curiosity or addiction is a topic which is highly debated but we all are slowly getting inflicted by digital wave is a truth
12bm60107 dhileeban k m
ReplyDeleteThe Digital Divide, or the digital split, is a social issue referring to the differing amount of information between those who have access to the Internet (specially broadband access) and those who do not have access.Broadly speaking, the difference is not necessarily determined by the access to the Internet, but by access to ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) and to Media that the different segments of society can use. With regards to the Internet, the access is only one aspect, other factors such as the quality of connection and related services should be considered.
12BM60011:We're at the absolute beginning of digital technology's influence over education.The internet is changing Higher Education, but are academics, often reticent about sharing data, making optimal use of the opportunities?
ReplyDelete12BM60100 : In an attempt to bridge the digital divide and promote knowledge sharing the National Knowledge network has been established by the Government of India, in order to facilitate knowledge sharing between the premier institutes of this country.
ReplyDelete12BM60062---Also Manas, the state governments have included a mandatory computer education right from class 1 and also some Governments have ensured the laptops are available for students at cheap prices so as to reduce the digital divide and to boost the influence of technology in education.
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ReplyDelete@All, who have talked about Digital Divide: Can we say that the existing conditions in North Korea as an example? Internet access in North Korea is restricted to common people. Only few high officials are permitted special authorization only for government purposes. The whole country has a single domestic-only network (intranet) called Kwangmyong. Only meagre amount of global sites reach the users that too only for scientific purposes with heavy censorship. Can this restriction - based on status, nationality and intensity of censors in North Korea be called as global digital divide? Point to be noted is due to this reason (added with so many other strict restrictions over media), North Korea always has a poor Press Freedom Index over the years.
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Thank you for this valuable information !!!
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ReplyDeleteThe "Gender Digital Divide" is common in developing and poor countries particularly in the continent of Africa. Some of the causes include weak communications infrastructure, literacy constraints(two thirds of the world’s 900 million illiterates are women), language constraints and socio-cultural issues.
Reference: http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/08/in-the-gender-digital-divide-women-fall-behind/
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ReplyDeleteA digital divide within a country can be bridged by active cooperation . The Govt should ensure digital/technical education right from elementary school. Also, NGO's can play a major role in this field apart from the government. A country with equitable knowledge as far as information and communication technologies are concerned would always walk on the path of development.
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ReplyDeleteIn our computerized society, Digital divide has close relationship with all of us.Digital Divide refers to the gap between those who benefit from digital technology and those who do not.In India, the absence of technological and basic infrastructure ranging from adequate telephone connectivity to bandwidth problems is definitely an important reason for the prevalence of the digital divide.
Hence, after this highly informative discussion on Digital divide and Digital noesis, the general idea that we arrive at is, digital divide is the economic inequality that exists between the masses in a country because of which people have different access of and use of information and communication technology. Some people are financially sound so that they can use digital technologies while unlucky others cannot.
ReplyDeleteDigital Noesis is to the extent people perceive and react to these changing technologies and what actions they perform by using digital devices.
just read about a startup which is bridging the digital divide through its innovative venture, read it here.
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