3705 PORTFOLIO EXAMINATION
3705
PORTFOLIO
EXAMINATION
2014 Second semester
Assignment number 238261
OFENTSE MOAMOGOE
I, Ofentse Moamogoe, hereby declare that this is my own and personal work, except where the work(s) or publications of others have been acknowledged by means of reference techniques. I have read and understood Tutorial Letter CMNALLE/301 regarding technical presentation requirements, referencing techniques and plagiarism.
OL Moamogoe
50271164
09-26-2014
B Shazi (witness)
1
TABLE OF CONTENT
PAGE
1. INTRODUCTION
3
2. DISCUSSION
3
2.1 Information society definition
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
Economic definition
Technological definition
Cultural definition
Spatial definition
Occupational definition
2.2 Digital divide definitions
2.2.1
2.3 Approaches to digital divide
2.3.1
3. CASE STUDY
3.1 South Africa vs. Netherlands (Digital divide)
3.1.1 Introduction
3.1.2 Discussion
3.1.3 Conclusion
3
4
5
5
5
6
6
7
8
8
9
10
10
10
19
4. CONCLUSION
20
SOURCES CONSULTED
20
2
1. INTRODUCTION
The world as we know it today is a “Global village”, unified by Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT’s). The term “Global village” was used by Marshall
McLuhan in his prediction and description of “an electronic nervous system (the media) rapidly integrating the planet” (Symes 1995). He further predicted that “events in one part of the world could be experienced from other parts in real-time, which is what human experience was like when we lived in small villages”.
According to Symes (1995); “due to media such as the telephone, television and more recently the personal computer and the 'Internet', we are increasingly linked together across the globe and this has enabled us to connect with people at the other side of the world as quickly as it takes us to contact and converse with those who inhabit the same physical space (i.e the people that live in the same village). According to McLuhan 'The electronic age' has sealed 'the entire human family into a single global tribe’
PORTFOLIO
EXAMINATION
2014 Second semester
Assignment number 238261
OFENTSE MOAMOGOE
I, Ofentse Moamogoe, hereby declare that this is my own and personal work, except where the work(s) or publications of others have been acknowledged by means of reference techniques. I have read and understood Tutorial Letter CMNALLE/301 regarding technical presentation requirements, referencing techniques and plagiarism.
OL Moamogoe
50271164
09-26-2014
B Shazi (witness)
1
TABLE OF CONTENT
PAGE
1. INTRODUCTION
3
2. DISCUSSION
3
2.1 Information society definition
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
Economic definition
Technological definition
Cultural definition
Spatial definition
Occupational definition
2.2 Digital divide definitions
2.2.1
2.3 Approaches to digital divide
2.3.1
3. CASE STUDY
3.1 South Africa vs. Netherlands (Digital divide)
3.1.1 Introduction
3.1.2 Discussion
3.1.3 Conclusion
3
4
5
5
5
6
6
7
8
8
9
10
10
10
19
4. CONCLUSION
20
SOURCES CONSULTED
20
2
1. INTRODUCTION
The world as we know it today is a “Global village”, unified by Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT’s). The term “Global village” was used by Marshall
McLuhan in his prediction and description of “an electronic nervous system (the media) rapidly integrating the planet” (Symes 1995). He further predicted that “events in one part of the world could be experienced from other parts in real-time, which is what human experience was like when we lived in small villages”.
According to Symes (1995); “due to media such as the telephone, television and more recently the personal computer and the 'Internet', we are increasingly linked together across the globe and this has enabled us to connect with people at the other side of the world as quickly as it takes us to contact and converse with those who inhabit the same physical space (i.e the people that live in the same village). According to McLuhan 'The electronic age' has sealed 'the entire human family into a single global tribe’