November 3rd, 2008
Guest Lecture: Digital Divide 2.0, The Myth of Leapfrogging, and Grassroots Innovations
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Here is a presentation I will use for my guest lecture tomorrow in the Information Technology (IT) in a Changing World course at Georgetown University.
You can download the presentation with notes in a PPTX format, or view it online in a PDF format.
SLIDE 1: Global Digital Divide 2.0: Always Off in an Always On World
We can talk about digital divide in many contexts: between countries and within countries, driven by differences in race, gender, education, income and location. In this presentation, I’ll focus on the global digital divide, or the digital divide between countries, but the same ideas are often applicable to digital divides within countries.
SLIDE 2: Introduction
My views on this topic are colored by my own biases. In terms of education and experience, I’m a marketer. In my present role as the GU-ISD Yahoo! Fellow, I’m a quasi-academic. In terms of inclination, I’m a social media enthusiast and my next avatar may be as a social entrepreneur. A lot of the work I’m doing is at the intersection of technology, culture and development and it is informed by my understanding of emerging markets and emerging technologies.
