Q.1.4 Create a LinkedIn account and subscribe to two at least 2 groups that are relevant to your field of study. Add a link of your profile to your blog.
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Q.1.3 Organisations such as Facebook, Airbnb and Uber have harnessed social capital to grow their market shares and become major disruptive forces in their industries. Define and explain how a digital citizen can build and enhance social capital.
Q1.3 Digital citizens can build and enhance social capital by promoting and advertising organisations to help get more people to use them and also to get a good image and brand name. They can share and leave comments of the positive things they know and appreciate about the organisations and what they can offer. They can get trust by the organisation and get help from one another when needed.
Q.1.2 Facebook in a quest to mitigate the effects of infrastructure and the digital divide have launched Project Aquila. The problem of infrastructure is prevalent in Africa. Discuss the implication of all the different forms of the digital divide.
Q1.2 Digital Divide: Socio-economic divide- this is when less developed countries may not have all the internet access as other countries and so they do not have the same advantages with technology and all that they offer as other places. Divide in content- there may be language barriers as most of the websites are in English so people may struggle to understand and get all the information they looking for. Gender divide- in developing countries less women has internet access because of educational economic factors and so it is harder to get access if they do not have the resources. Skills divide- just because technology is becoming more advanced it does not mean people are adapting the skills to work them at the same rate. It is also hard for people who do not have as much access as some do and so they will not have as many skills to operate a computer. Universal access divide- this involves people who have disabilities and cannot operate technology as easy as other peop...
Q.1.1 Ribble (2011) identifies nine elements that make up digital citizenship, encompassing the issue of the use, abuse and misuse of technology. Briefly discuss these nine elements.
DIGC5110 assignment Question 1 Q1.1 · Digital access- as there is more technology being created and becoming an important factor in our everyday lives everyone should have access to technology as it vital to have in a business and also creating opportunities. · Digital commerce-this involves selling and buying of products and services through technology. There have become many different ways of doing this and is now an easier and preferred way of purchasing goods online. · Digital communication-this is communicating through technology in many types and forms and those messages can be stored, for example, skyping, messaging, email, or just sending a voice message. · Digital literacy-“to find, understand, evaluate, create and communicate digital information in a wide variety of fo...