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digital divide, the second
Digital
divide
Josep
Burcet © 2002, 2005
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Spanish
version
When
talking about digital divide we usually
refer to some social segments which could be
excluded from the benefits of the new coming
communication society.
Forms
of transition to
advanced usage of
new
technologies
A low speed transition
will produce in 2012 a kind of society where there will still be a lot
of people with relatively poor experience in handling the new communication
technologies. Conversely, a high speed transition may produce another
kind of society
where productive people and serious advanced users proliferate.
The worst scenario for
the low speed transition consists on a kind of society where an important
proportion of decision makers and leaders will still have no direct experience
on using advanced forms of new communication technologies.
Users
typology
High speed transition
Low speed transition
Population
structure for 2012
depending on new tech usage
Producers
Persons
directly involved in the production of goods and services in the
area of new communication technologies.
Advanced
users
Persons
who draw important benefits from computers and the Internet,
regardless of their profession or occupation. Such individuals
operate by themselves on their own advanced forms of new communication
technologies and manage productive and efficient personal and professional
e-relationships.
Basic
users
Persons
who operate the easiest forms of Internet and computers usage, and
obtain some few professional benefits from them.
Consumers
Persons
who currently use communications technologies in a non productive
way
Digital
analphabets
People with no personal experience in
using computers and the
Internet.
In
a society resulting from the high speed
transition will prevail productive users while
in societies resulting from low speed transition non productive consumers and
non-users will be the rule.
Grouped USERS
Low
speed transition societies have less
muscle to deal with new coming opportunities,
but the real will be the lag of decision
makers. This applies to all the professional
sectors: lawyers, doctors, politicians,
teachers, public servants, etc.
Decision
makers in the
low speed transition
After
the low speed transition, society
is ruled by people who have a limited
experiences on new communication
tools. Most of them are mere consumers.
Decision
makers in the
high speed transition
Conversely,
after the high speed transition,
society is mainly ruled by people
who have direct experiences on advanced
forms of computers and Internet usage.
This could have very positive effects
on the way this society produces
plans and projects.
The
tools people use have a strong influence on the way
they perceive their work, on the way they try to solve
their problems and even on the kind of problems they
perceive.
A
professor who uses paper, pencils, chalk and a
blackboard think about new educational projects in
a very different way than another one with a
good Internet knowledge and who is also an effective
advanced computer applications user. The chalk professor
could conceive an e-learning project using diffuse general
references and the advice of some tech guys.
But a technically wise professor is likely to
produce a better one.
Similarly,
a builder who uses picks, shovels and primitive
scaffolds thinks about a possible house in a very
different way than another one who uses powerful
cranes, computers, and advanced logistic
paraphernalia. This applies to all the occupations,
from medicine to law, from politics to defense.
Depending
on the tools one uses, the possible futures are seen in
a very different way. As the tools one uses become more powerful, the
projects become more powerful as well. This is the
reason why the digital
fracture of decision makers implies severe
limitations on what a society will be able to do
in 2012 and further.
The
low speed transition is likely to produce large
marginal groups. So, it will convey a poor
leadership, but a larger digital fracture at the
bottom, as well.
CONCLUSION
The
main conclusion is that to prevent the digital divide
at the bottom we have to counteract the current
decision makers lag.
SOCIAL
STRUCTURE
in terms of new comms usage
Quick
and effective transition scenario
Slow
and ineffective transition scenario
Productive
users
Consumers
and non-users
PRODUCTIVE
USERS
Decision
makers who are productive users. (Able to
produce good visions of the
future)
Remaining
productive users
Not
involved in economic activities but
efficient users
CONSUMERS
AND DIGITAL ANALPHABETS
Decision
makers who are not productive users. (Not able to produce good
visions of the future)
Remaining non users
Not
involved in economic activities who are not effective users
The
problems
we may expect from a low speed transition are very
similar to those we have right now. In the second
part of this article I will analyze those current
problems and propose some suggestions which
could accelerate the transition.
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