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As of 2016, more than 4 billion people still do not have access to the Internet and the main reasons could be due to infrastructure, affordability, skills and local adoption. (Emma Luxton, 2016) Figure 1. Main reasons that so many people are still offline Fortunately in Singapore, she has one of the fastest Internet speed in the world and I am bless enough to enjoy it. Hence, I am going to put forth my digital differences in the image below. Figure 2. Continue reading →

What is the impact of digital differences on how you interact with the web? In this time and age, being on the web is almost second nature. School, work and social life involves the digital world in one way or another. Schools in Singapore conduct “e-learning day” where student stay home and learn through student portals. People mention and tag each other on social media instead of privately sending text messages. Continue reading →

Featured Image by JST.Elvin Digital differences are a form of segregation that differentiates one web user from another by a set of characteristics. Based on a discussion about digital differences in inequalities and online practices and how it impacts learning, I think that it is important to note that these mentioned factors may have a certain degree that an individual has control over. To simplify it further, I have grouped them into 2 groups. Continue reading →

Digital Differences between people goes beyond just those having basic web knowledge or those with intermediate knowledge. Besides demographics such as age and gender, occupation, physical environment, living conditions and etc, how one interacts with the Web could also be affected by the digital differences. Lets take a look at a research done by Ofcom Research, on adults’ media use and attitude. Continue reading →

In this day and age, the web has helped us to stay connected with people, search for the information in work and academic purpose. In this post, I will discuss how the digital differences have impacted on me in terms of the income and cultures value. According to the survey conducted by Pew Research Center, the population of the internet has reached 85%. However, the digital differences in the race, age, education attainment, household income and urbanity still exist in the world. Continue reading →

Today, I’m fortunate to be able to gain easy access to the internet with fast connectivity. However, digital differences still exist (Kathryn Zickuhr, 2012). These are contributed by factors like age, economic status, education and motivation (Susan Halford, Huw Davies and Jo Dixon, 2017). In this blog post, I will elaborate on how factors contribute to the ‘Digital Differences’ and impact my interaction with the web. Continue reading →

As a millennial in Singapore, I have had the privilege of growing up along with the advent of mainstream Internet. This is the same for most Singaporeans. An infographic published by the Singapore Department of Statistics has revealed that in 2013, 78% of all households had Internet access. (Singapore Department of Statistics, 2017) Also, there were 4.3 million Internet users (Euromonitor, 2016) in a total population of 5.6 million in Singapore. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Impact of Digital Differences and How Do I Interact with the Web Everyone have different ways of choosing how they interact on the Web. Most of us have internet access at home and are able to use the web often due to us having higher education and better income where we can afford smart phone devices and computers. Furthermore, across the globe there has been a surge in the usage of digital technology to interact with others on the web as shown in the figure below. Continue reading →

(eMarketer, 2017) Based on the graph above, the number of internet users have been increasing on a yearly basis. However, regardless of the availability of internet to people, today, differences in internet access still exists among different demographic groups. Continue reading →

“Digital Differences” is generally referring to the differences or impacts caused by the digital evolution. Surprisingly, as we look back, digital technology has change the way we do things in all aspects. Instead of going to the grocery stores, we can now shop online and get the goods delivered to our doorstep. We no longer make frequent trip to the bank but just click a few buttons online to make our desired changes regarding finances. Continue reading →