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Digital Differences

What are Digital Differences? ‘Digital Inequality defined expansively in terms of access, usage, skills, and self-perceptions, as well as future lines of research.’ (Robinson et al. 2015) When researching this topic, I was interested to find out; whilst  digital inequality continues to expand globally in many directions, the relationship between online inequalities being affected by offline inequalities is yet to be fully recognised. Continue reading →

General Feedback Intro Topic

After overcoming some technical teething problems and getting your heads around this new way of learning, which involved stepping firmly outside some of your comfort zones, the Intro Topics you posted were mostly good. It was great to see so many of you have a go at creating your own visuals too, well done. A small number appear to have also been actively commenting on the MOOC, but I'd like to see that number increase significantly please. Continue reading →

What is the Digital Divide?

When we think of inequality the first things that come to mind are traditional forms of inequality: class, race, gender, health etc. However a new emerging type of inequality is digital inequality (van Djik, 2013). Digital differences refers to how your offline context, hinders or advances your ability to access the internet, resulting in digital inequalities. Different macro and micro factors lead to this digital divide. Continue reading →

What is the Digital Divide?

When we think of inequality the first things that come to mind are traditional forms of inequality: class, race, gender, health etc. However a new emerging type of inequality is digital inequality (van Djik, 2013). Digital differences refers to how your offline context, hinders or advances your ability to access the internet, resulting in digital inequalities. Different macro and micro factors lead to this digital divide. Continue reading →

Digital Differences

Many assume that everyone uses the internet in similar ways. Indeed, my use of ‘everyone’ underlines how blind some can be to the idea that in 2017, 9% of the UK population had never used the internet. Using the internet isn’t a highly specialised skill, but it is a highly individualised one. Web usage is contextual — it depends wholly on its relevance to one’s everyday life, and is directly affected by the implications of class, gender, ethnicity and social standing. Continue reading →

Digital Differences

Many assume that everyone uses the internet in similar ways. Indeed, my use of ‘everyone’ underlines how blind some can be to the idea that in 2017, 9% of the UK population had never used the internet. Using the internet isn’t a highly specialised skill, but it is a highly individualised one. Web usage is contextual — it depends wholly on its relevance to one’s everyday life, and is directly affected by the implications of class, gender, ethnicity and social standing. Continue reading →

Exploring Digital Differences

Living on the web has a clear set of identifiable advantages, as covered last week on my blog. However, when access to the web is difficult this has a detrimental effect on individuals (Robinson et al., 2015); thus leading to digital differences. This then reflects inequalities within society onto the web (Badger, 2013) – which in turn allows us to understand how macro factors can play into digital differences. Continue reading →

Digital Differences Discovery!

Fig 1: My Representation of van Dijk’s conceptualisation of Digital Users Digital Differences is a concept I find is often overlooked, so I was pleased to have time to explore the concept. In Web Science, I looked it Digital Differences last year in Prof Susan Halford’s excellent SOCI3073 module. I noticed that this module chimed closely with Section 1.11 of the Learning in the Network Age MOOC. Continue reading →

Topic 1: ‘Living on the Web’ – Question and Starter Sources

Topic 1 - Living on the Web YOUR TASK – Evaluate the impact of your “Digital Differences” on how you interact with the Web. You should discuss what digital differences are and how they affect you and others when it comes to 'Living on the Web'. To help prepare your work, check out the materials in the  #FLlearningnetworks MOOC  sections 1.11 to 1.13 and engage with other learners in the discussions there. Continue reading →

Introductory Topic- My reflection

When first carrying out my research on the Introductory Topic, I was convinced that I was a Digital Resident, due to my status as a ‘Digital Native’ and my inability to go without my phone for more than a few hours (Prensky, 2001). However, I discovered my superficial familiarity with digital tools, my ability to do the basics and maintain my digital identity, but my struggle in creating this blog, visuals and my video (The Economist, 2010). Continue reading →

Introductory Topic- My reflection

When first carrying out my research on the Introductory Topic, I was convinced that I was a Digital Resident, due to my status as a ‘Digital Native’ and my inability to go without my phone for more than a few hours (Prensky, 2001). However, I discovered my superficial familiarity with digital tools, my ability to do the basics and maintain my digital identity, but my struggle in creating this blog, visuals and my video (The Economist, 2010). Continue reading →

What Have I Learnt? Intro Topic Reflection

Image courtesy of: OCLC Research My first dive into the subject of ‘digital residents’ versus ‘digital immigrants’ proved to be much more insightful and no opinion I read is the exact same. The first step was to understand everything a little better; it started with some additional reading. Continue reading →

Intro Topic: Reflection

Prior to UOSM2008 all my modules had been assessed through an exam at the end of the semester so, when I saw UOSM2008 was assessed entirely through blog posts I felt that I was digitally competent enough to find it less challenging than my other modules. Continue reading →

Intro Topic: Reflection

Prior to UOSM2008 all my modules had been assessed through an exam at the end of the semester so, when I saw UOSM2008 was assessed entirely through blog posts I felt that I was digitally competent enough to find it less challenging than my other modules. Continue reading →

Intro Topic: Reflection

Prior to UOSM2008 all my modules had been assessed through an exam at the end of the semester so, when I saw UOSM2008 was assessed entirely through blog posts I felt that I was digitally competent enough to find it less challenging than my other modules. Continue reading →

Reflection: This LIFE LESSON will change your life!

Here I thought blogging was easy until I was showed a glimpse of the amount of thought that actually goes into it. This module is shaping up to be an exciting challenge. Going into the topic on Digital Natives and Immigrants, I had heard of talk of disparities with millennials and preceeding generations through Simon Sinek’s viral video. So, Prensky’s theory nothing profound. Tbh To be honest, I was quick to dismiss it out of laziness. Continue reading →

UOSM2008: Intro topic reflection

This post is part of a series published as part of the University of Southampton’s Living and Working on the Web module. To find out more, including links to all of this year’s student blogs, check out the UOSM2008 website. Although it has involved completely different styles of university teaching and writing to what I’ve been accustomed, I feel I’ve been adjusting well to UOSM2008 throughout the intro topic. Continue reading →

Introductory Topic – Self Reflection

See my original post here. While I do consider myself to be reasonably competent using the internet, comparing my digital self test with others has shown me that I am lacking in some areas; Mostly involved around participating in and building online social networks and managing my online identity. Prenksy’s argument for “Digital Natives and Immigrants” appears as a persuasive and black and white approach to categorising internet users. Continue reading →

Introductory Topic – Self Reflection

While I do consider myself to be reasonably competent using the internet, comparing my digital self test with others has shown me that I am lacking in some areas; Mostly involved around participating in and building online social networks and managing my online identity. Prenksy’s argument for “Digital Natives and Immigrants” appears as a persuasive and black and white approach to categorising internet users. Continue reading →

Introductory Topic – Self Reflection

See my original post here. While I do consider myself to be reasonably competent using the internet, comparing my digital self test with others has shown me that I am lacking in some areas; Mostly involved around participating in and building online social networks and managing my online identity. Prenksy’s argument for “Digital Natives and Immigrants” appears as a persuasive and black and white approach to categorising internet users. Continue reading →