DayTimeActivity Tuesday 6 December Lecture 1: ICT in rural development: Theorising rural ICT – defining terms, context, innovation theories and how they apply; ICT as a tool of rural development: e-governance, e-commerce, e-health, e- learning, etc Lecture 2: Internet in rural business and community Lecture 3: Social exclusion and digital exclusion – the digital vicious cycle Briefing for seminar/workshop Friday 9 December Group 1 Seminar/workshop , Group 2 Seminar/workshop
Social Media Revolution 2
Digital media Radio/TV/video Radio/TV/video Mobile phone/SMS Mobile phone/SMS WWW WWW Web 2.0/Social media Web 2.0/Social media Mobile internet/convergent technologies Mobile internet/convergent technologies
The internet – one of the wonders of the modern world A critical tool in economic, social and environmental development
The internet – one of the wonders of the modern world Dr H. Toure, secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), accessed 19/4/10
The internet – one of the wonders of the modern world But it – or the lack of it – can cause harm to the most vulnerable in society
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health May 2011
BBC News,13 January accessed 19/4/10
Point Topic: Broadband Money Makers Update - edition March 2010
accessed 19/4/10
The Register games/mmo/reviews/20426.aspx?p=2
Stuff, May 2007
Business in Second Life: an introduction ness-in-Second-Life-May-2007.pdf.aspx
Stuff, May 2007
13/12/09
Guardian Money 17/4/10, p6. Report on The Way We Pay 2010 Payments Council retail Accessed: 19 April retail
BBC News, 8 March accessed 19/4/10
Powerful for rural populations…
Internet infrastructure and uptake
From Point Topic
Point Topic: World Broadband Statistics Q March 2011
Broadband delivery
Point Topic: World Broadband Statistics Q March 2011
*Wireless, powerline or DSL (eg VDSL) used to distribute from cabinet to premises
Broadband in CZ
30 June 2010
Radio Praha still-behind-eu-average
Radio Praha still-behind-eu-average
Radio Praha still-behind-eu-average
Options for increasing the rate of adoption?
Benton Foundation