CMN 170 Lecture 2: CMN 170V - Week 2 Global Digital Development
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Fixed-line telephone decreased from 20 to 15 and replaced by internet access. Cube framework = digital technology (horizontal) is a tool (vertical) for social change that need to be guided (3rd dimension) through policies and strategies. Question = our conceptual cube framework understands the digital age as an interplay of the following 3 dimensions: digital technology (technological change), social change, policies & strategies (social guidance) Global ict developments, 2001-2004 and mobile telephone (~40% of humankind uses the internet) europe = 80% and. Africa = 10% access to internet access of electricity fastest diffusing technology in history. 2-3 mobile phone subscriptions, while some in developing countries don"t have any & some people in developing countries charge their phones through alternative energy sources, motors and batteries. Fixed broadband only reaches 10% of humankind. 95/96 mobile telephony subscriptions per ppl; more mobile phone than physical.
