DIGITAL DIVIDED

THE IMPRESSIVE OF DIGITAL DIVIDED TO CREATE POWER.

(Dutton, Blank and Groselj  2013).

 The most impressive of the available data sets is the Internet Survey; this has shown a consistent deepening of internet penetration, growth of skills, and ever more sophisticated use of new technology. According to the most recent survey, percent of internet users rate their internet use skills as good or excellent including of students. All teenage respondents to the survey now use the internet with the numbers of adult users ranging from those aged and old.

 The public policy objective of closing the ‘digital divide ‘access to the internet  is becoming less relevant than an objective of narrowing the utility divide  how people use new technology. This is a mark of success on the use of, new technology related to other life goals, motivations, and attitudes towards having ideas, ability to put them into practice, power, technology and the internet, design and enterprise, public services and community, education and creativity.

 Thinking and discussion about the Power to Create, change program plans bank and external studies on applied creativity

POWER TO CREATE THE NEW DIGITAL LEARNING AGE

We are interested in social mobility focus or social activism focus. There are two groups who are in the early and middle stages of this digital learning. And they are:

‘Safety firsters’ these are moderately ideas-oriented. They don’t generally believe power is becoming more concentrated and disagree that there are technology haves and have notes. They are more dissatisfied about their lives than the average. They have relatively low usage of the internet, particularly for accessing interesting information, information about local/ national issues, or for accessing knowledge/expertise they can put to practical use. ‘Safety firsters’ are more likely to be consumers.

 ‘The held back’ They are more ideas-motivated than ‘safety firsters’ and, on average, are more likely to believe that more can be done to turn their ideas into reality. They are more likely to believe power is becoming too concentrated, particularly in hands of big business, the wealthy and the media. They are the least satisfied with their lives as a whole.

Very entrepreneurial minded, they often think about starting a business and look for opportunities to do this. This group is more likely to have high use of the internet, particularly for educating themselves about an area of expertise. They feel constrained but aspire to have a greater degree of control on their ability to create.

‘Confident creators’. The most ideas orientated group. They are more likely to believe people like them are likely to make a difference. They are the most pro-technology group, and confident of their ability to turn a business idea into reality. This group is more likely to use the

All in all, Social divides and new technology internet, particularly for developing new contacts for opportunities, blogging/posting, selling a service, engaging in campaigns/politics. They are the most likely group to live in this world of globalization.

BY MDODO REBECCA J

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