JSS 3 FIRST TERM WEEK NINE 2023 LESSON NOTE

 

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TOPIC: DIGITAL DIVIDE

Objectives:

At the end of this lesson , you should be able to:

1.       Define the concept of digital divide

2.       List features of the Old economy.

3.       List features of the New economy.

4.       List the Limitation of Old economy.

5.       List benefits of new economy.


Introduction

The world has undergone series of evolution and as such, each of the stage accompanied with some features for measuring success. For instance, in industrial age, some countries like japan, Korea, Germany, US, did well and made them to have upper hand in the world economy.

The computer era has come and gone and now we are in the information technology age, where information is the key to modern economy.

Digital Divide:

Digital divide which is also called digital split is a social issue referring to the different amount of information between those who have access to the internet (especially broadband access)/ICT and those who don’t have access.

            There are lots of arguments as regards digital divide. Some say it does not have effects while others disagree that it affects in the following ways.

1.     Economic equality: some think access to ICT and internet is a basic component to economic standard.

2.     Social mobility: it plays a vital role in learning and career

3.     Economic growth: development of information infrastructure and active use of it, would be shortened to economic growth

4.     Democracy: would lead to a healthier democracy

 

Features of Old Economy

1.     It is time consuming

2.     It is labor based

3.     The type of device used are mechanical in nature

4.     It is constrained by time, space and distance

5.     Most devices or machine used are analog in nature

 

Features of Old Economy

1.     It makes use of digital machine and equipment

2.     Time, space and distance is irrelevant

3.     It is driven by technology

4.     It is knowledge based

5.     It has limited errors

Limitations of Old economy

1.     When, how and why is the major problem

2.     It is less effective

3.     Most operations are performed by humans which leads to low level of accuracy.

4.     It is slow and wastes a lot of time

5.     It is energy intensive

 

Benefits of New economy

1.     When, how and why is irrelevant in the new economy as answers to the questions would be given in a short while.

2.     It requires less capital to setup business as machine have replaced human operation.

3.     It results into job creation. E.g. computer scientists, engineers, system analyst and personnel.

4.     Information is disseminated at high speed with low cost.

5.     It brings about easy access to information

6.     It provides avenue for interactivity.




 

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