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Broadband speed
Important for job growth, innovation and regional development.
For every $5 billion invested in broadband infrastructure to create networks, 97 500 new jobs in telecoms, computer and IT sectors are created. Slide2
The internet and the environment
152 KWH per year to power the data
centres
that keep the internet running
Computers and the internet could be responsible for 2% of all human made carbon dioxide emissions. Slide3
What’s the connection? Slide4Slide5
What is it and what do they do?
Use ICT to find out! Slide6
Civil society
Learning objectives: To describe the role of ICT in civil society and the transmission and flow of information, ideas and finance
Can social media save the planet? Slide7
What’s it all about?
http://
www.forbes.com/2010/03/18/kitkat-greenpeace-palm-oil-technology-ecotech-nestle.html
Slide8
Global civil society – a definition
Any
organization or movement that works in the area between
the
household
, the private sector and the state to negotiate matters of public concern. Civil societies include non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community groups, trade unions, academic institutions and faith-based organizations
.
Look at the definition on toppinggeography.com for a broader explanation of civil society. Slide9
Anheier,
Glasius
and
Kaldor
Protest groups acting as a counterweight to capitalism – aim to ‘
civilise
globalisation
’
Human infrastructure needed to spread development and democracy
Groups e.g. Save the Children or
Medicins
sans Frontiers providing humanitarian assistance – solidarity with poor or oppressed
Growing connectedness of citizens around the world Slide10
ICT and civil society
Examples:
Openstreetmap
Wikipedia
Greenpeace
Political protest
groupsSlide11
Watch the videos on youtube
- Slide12
What was the impact of the Killer KitKat campaign?
http://
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/90dbff8a-3aea-11e2-b3f0-00144feabdc0.html#axzz40tVx7ron
Slide13
What is the impact of the Lego campaign?
http://
www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2014/oct/10/greenpeace-lego-shell-climate-change-arctic-oil
Slide14
http://
www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2014/oct/10/greenpeace-lego-shell-climate-change-arctic-oil
Slide15
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/social-media-can-save-the-planet/blog/11832
/
Slide16
what are the upsides to ICT use by protest groups?
Communication of messages can be instantaneous
Use of cheap communication – can take on TNCs with massive PR budgets
Sharing information on an unprecedented scale Slide17
The downsides
Information doesn’t have to be reliable or verified
Can cause huge damage to TNC reputations – distrust by public
Some places e.g. China, North Korea have social media censorship – the have nots of civil society? Slide18
Red dots are locations of Flickr pictures. Blue dots are locations of Twitter tweets. White dots are locations that have been posted to both
. (geographyalltheway.com)
What can this add to your understanding of the core, periphery model and the GDD? Slide19
ICT and natural disasters and disaster relief
1) Media:
Major factor in donations
Overcomes media constraints of:
Space to cover other stories
Time constraints for high interest news
Therefore interest is maintained for longer periods of time.
2)
Openstreetmap
use of technology to provide information in the form of GIS to
aid relief Slide20
Governments provide information and interact electronically with citizens
Political groups run online advocacy campaigns
and parties
Media and portal sites provide news and online navigation
Private sectors – represents commercially driven connectivity, software and technology. Slide21
What is openstreetmap.org?
How is openstreetmap.org an example of civil society?
How has openstreetmap.org been used to facilitate a flow of images, ideas and information to benefit the international response to the 2010 Haitian earthquake?Slide22
http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3C1lRx0k44#t=281
http
://
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8517057.stm
Slide23
Political participation
To what extent does ICT contribute to civil society? Use one link each to provide EVIDENCE for the role of social networking.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-22772352
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pablo-barbera/tweeting-the-revolution-s_b_4831104.html
Slide24
Describe the use of information and communications technology in civil society for the transmission and flow of either images, ideas, information or finance.
[10 Marks]
Use the paper 3 part a) mark bands