Visualising the growth of the internet
© Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan).
This animation, from the World Mapper website, shows the growth of Internet users around the world from 2000 to 2007.
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Worldmapper
The Worldmapper website provides many maps on different subjects. Some maps are animated, like the one above, which shows how global use of the internet has grown.
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BBC: visualising the growth of the internet
An animation, from the BBC website, that shows how the internet has grown from 1998 to 2008. The map includes brief annotations to highlight points of interest for each year.
Reference: Click (i) above
Video - Internet Statistics
Lots of interesting facts and figures about technology...
Definition - The Digital Divide
The digital divide is " a term used to refer to inequalities in access to ICT.
Such inequalities can be seen between:
- developed and developing countries
- urban and rural areas
- ethnic and socio-economic groups in the same country
- different age groups
- males and females."
(Source: Guinness, P., 2011. Geography: for the IB diploma. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.)
Global download study
This interactive map illustrates internet speeds around the globe.
2013 Global Information Technology Report
This video features a discussion of the 2013 Global Information Technology Report (GITR), including analysis of Singapore's position in the number 2 position in the GITR's Network Readiness Index.
Find out more here: INSEAD: Closing the Digital Divide: Connectivity is Just the start
New considerations in the digital divide
This diagram highlights some new considerations with regard to the digital divide.
Click on the image to see a larger version.
More useful information
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Imagining the internet - a history and forecastThis page includes a history of the internet and information on how the world has changed because of the development of the internet.
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Pew Internet - Reports on the digital divideThe Pew organisation provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping American life and the world. Find information on the digital divide here.
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The Bandwidth DivideThis article, from The Chronicle of Higher Education, discusses the divide that exists due to an unequal availability of access to internet bandwidth.
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Study: Digital divide narrowing between generationsThis article looks at the narrowing digital divide between the younger and older generations.
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Edutopia - Digital divide resourcesLots of links to resources abou the digital divide.
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The digital divide in the UKLots of interesting facts and figures from the Royal Geographic Society, about the digital divide in the UK.
In your text books...
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Geography Course Companion by ISBN: 0199135436Published: 2011-05-19Find information on the digital divide on page 335. -
Cambridge Geography for the IB Diploma Global Interactions by ISBN: 0521147328Published: 2011-01-20Turn to page 47 for a page on the digital divide. You have online access to this book through the home page of this libguide.
The world of the internet
Click on the image below to access this fascinating interactive map of internet usage around the world.
Growth of the Internet - 1984 - 2013
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