internet and socio-cultural transformations in information society yuzhno-sakhalinsk 7–12...

Internetand Socio-Cultural Transformations

in Information Society

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk7–12 September 2013

Ministry of Culture of the Russian FederationFederal Agency for Press and Mass Communications

Government of the Sakhalin RegionCommission of the Russian Federation for UNESCOUNESCO / UNESCO Information for All Programme

Russian Committee of the UNESCO Information for All ProgrammeInterregional Library Cooperation Centre

Round Table “Multilingualism

in the Digital World”

Redefining the Digital Divide around Information Literacy

and Linguistic Diversity in a future context of access provision

Daniel PimientaDaniel Pimientapimienta@funredes.orgpimienta@funredes.org

NETWORKS & DEVELOPMENT NETWORKS & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONFOUNDATION

http://funredes.orghttp://funredes.org

http://funredes.org/LC http://funredes.org/LC

MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COMMITEECOMMITEE

http://maaya.orghttp://maaya.org

TWO VISIONS TWO VISIONS OF DIGITAL DIVIDEOF DIGITAL DIVIDE

FOR COMPUTERS FOR COMPUTERS

MINDED PERSONSMINDED PERSONSFOR INFORMATIONFOR INFORMATION

MINDED PERSONSMINDED PERSONS

A MATTER A MATTER

OF ACCESSOF ACCESSALSO A MATTER OFALSO A MATTER OF

EDUCATIONEDUCATION

TWO VISIONS TWO VISIONS OF DIGITAL DIVIDEOF DIGITAL DIVIDE

““Internet is for Internet is for every one!”every one!”

““Let’s connect Let’s connect the next billion the next billion users”users”

““Broadband Broadband commission”commission”

Digital literacyDigital literacy

InformationInformation

LiteracyLiteracy

Technology Technology

ownershipownership

A VISION OF THE DIGITAL DIVE A VISION OF THE DIGITAL DIVE FROM THE HUMAN FROM THE HUMAN

DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVEDEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE

……AND FROM FIELD EXPERIENCES IN AND FROM FIELD EXPERIENCES IN THE SOUTHTHE SOUTH

REFERENCEREFERENCE

““Digital divide, Social divide,Digital divide, Social divide,

Paradigmatic divide”, Paradigmatic divide”,

Daniel Pimienta, july 2007Daniel Pimienta, july 2007

In Spanish, French and English.In Spanish, French and English.

IS THIS APPROACH STILL VALID IS THIS APPROACH STILL VALID 7 YEARS LATER?7 YEARS LATER?

LET’S IDENTIFY LET’S IDENTIFY THE MAIN EVENTS THE MAIN EVENTS

OF LAST YEARS INTERNET EVOLUTIONOF LAST YEARS INTERNET EVOLUTIONAND CHECKAND CHECK

FOUR MAIN LINES OF CHANGES.FOUR MAIN LINES OF CHANGES.

LAST YEARS INTERNET LAST YEARS INTERNET EVOLUTIONEVOLUTION

1- TECHNOLOGY1- TECHNOLOGY

MOBILE + SMARTPHONES + BROADBAND + MOBILE + SMARTPHONES + BROADBAND + WIRELESS + VIDEOWIRELESS + VIDEO

LAST YEARS INTERNET LAST YEARS INTERNET EVOLUTIONEVOLUTION

2 – THE DEVELOPMENT ENGINES2 – THE DEVELOPMENT ENGINES

SEARCH ENGINES + THE ADVERTISMENT BASED SEARCH ENGINES + THE ADVERTISMENT BASED ECONOMICAL MODEL+ THE LOST OF VIRGINITY ECONOMICAL MODEL+ THE LOST OF VIRGINITY OF “MISS PRIVACY”OF “MISS PRIVACY”

TLE LOST OF PRIVACYTLE LOST OF PRIVACY

19931993 20132013

LAST YEARS INTERNET LAST YEARS INTERNET EVOLUTIONEVOLUTION

3- MAINLINE APPLICATIONS3- MAINLINE APPLICATIONS

WEB 2.0 + THE LOST OF ASYNCHRONISM + THE WEB 2.0 + THE LOST OF ASYNCHRONISM + THE RAPE OF MADAME PRIVACYRAPE OF MADAME PRIVACY

LAST YEARS INTERNET LAST YEARS INTERNET EVOLUTIONEVOLUTION

4 – HUMAN TOPOLOGY4 – HUMAN TOPOLOGY

THE INTERNET DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESTHE INTERNET DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007

Year

%

% INTERNET USERS

% WEB PAGES

ENGLISHENGLISH

IS THIS APPROACH STILL VALID IS THIS APPROACH STILL VALID 7 YEARS LATER?7 YEARS LATER?

MY OPINION IS “MY OPINION IS “YES, STILL MORE!YES, STILL MORE!””

ACCESS IS EVERY DAY LESS OF A PROBLEMACCESS IS EVERY DAY LESS OF A PROBLEM

ANDAND

THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IS EVERY DAY MORETHE DIGITAL DIVIDE IS EVERY DAY MOREA QUESTION OF EDUCATION THAN ACCESSA QUESTION OF EDUCATION THAN ACCESS

THE CONTENT DIVIDETHE CONTENT DIVIDE

REFERENCEREFERENCE

-”Accessing Contents”, D. Pimienta, Chapter of Global Information -”Accessing Contents”, D. Pimienta, Chapter of Global Information Society Watch, APC, HIVOS, ITEM, 2008Society Watch, APC, HIVOS, ITEM, 2008http://www.giswatch.org/gisw2008/thematic/AccessingContent.htmlhttp://www.giswatch.org/gisw2008/thematic/AccessingContent.html

DIGITAL DIVIDE IS MUCH DIGITAL DIVIDE IS MUCH DEEPER IN TERMS OFDEEPER IN TERMS OF

CONTENTSCONTENTS

THAN IN TERMS OFTHAN IN TERMS OF

ACCESS ACCESS

AFRICA FOR EXAMPLEAFRICA FOR EXAMPLE

4.8 %4.8 % of Internet users of Internet users(source InternetWorldStats – 2010)(source InternetWorldStats – 2010)

0.6 %0.6 % of English web pages of English web pages(source FUNREDES/UL 2007) (source FUNREDES/UL 2007)

0.6 %0.6 % of French web pages of French web pages(source FUNREDES/UL 2007)(source FUNREDES/UL 2007)

African local languages weight each between African local languages weight each between 0,006 % & 0,06 %0,006 % & 0,06 % of total web pages of total web pages

(source LOP 2007)(source LOP 2007)

IMPLICATIONS OF CONTENTIMPLICATIONS OF CONTENTDIVIDEDIVIDE

1)1) Do those people have the access Do those people have the access organized in their mother tongue?organized in their mother tongue?

2)2) If so do they find the density and If so do they find the density and variety of contents in their mother variety of contents in their mother tongue comparable to English?tongue comparable to English?

If not If not

ACCULTURATION RISK IS HIGHACCULTURATION RISK IS HIGH

HOW TO FOSTER CONTENT?HOW TO FOSTER CONTENT?

CONTENTSCONTENTS

INTERNETINTERNET

KNOWKEDGEKNOWKEDGE

THE LINGUISTIC DIVIDETHE LINGUISTIC DIVIDE

REFERENCESREFERENCES

Twelve years of measuring linguistic Twelve years of measuring linguistic diversity in the Internet: balance and diversity in the Internet: balance and perspectives”, perspectives”, UNESCO/2009UNESCO/2009..http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29594

&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Measuring linguistic diversity on the Measuring linguistic diversity on the Internet, UNESCO, 12/2005Internet, UNESCO, 12/2005http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=20882&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

LETS GET A ROUGH FIGURE OF LETS GET A ROUGH FIGURE OF REALITYREALITY

40,00040,000 lenguages has existed lenguages has existed Between Between 6,000 & 9,0006,000 & 9,000 still alive still alive Every 2 months one disappearsEvery 2 months one disappears Some Some 500500 are localized are localized Wikipedia handles Wikipedia handles 264264 languages languages Google works in Google works in 4545 languages languages

… … and I am speaking here in and I am speaking here in EnglishEnglish

LETS GET A ROUGH FIGURE LETS GET A ROUGH FIGURE OF REALITY!OF REALITY!

LETS GET A ROUGH FIGURE LETS GET A ROUGH FIGURE OF REALITYOF REALITY

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007

Year

%

% INTERNET USERS

% WEB PAGES

ENGLISH ENGLISH

Fuente: FUNREDES/UL

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007

Year

%

% INTERNET USERS

% WEB PAGES

SOURCESOURCE: : FUNREDES/UL 2007FUNREDES/UL 2007

LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY IN THE LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY IN THE INTERNETINTERNET

Paradoxical situationParadoxical situation

IDNIDN

INDICATORSINDICATORS

INTERNET’s REALLYINTERNET’s REALLY

FOR EVERY ONE?FOR EVERY ONE?

CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS

THE INTERNET DOES HAVE FRONTIERSTHE INTERNET DOES HAVE FRONTIERS

LANGUAGESLANGUAGES ARE THE FRONTIERS ARE THE FRONTIERS

OF THE INTERNETOF THE INTERNET

CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS

INTERNET DEMOGRAPHICS INTERNET DEMOGRAPHICS

CALL FOR SETTING CALL FOR SETTING HIGH PRIORITYHIGH PRIORITY

TO LANGUAGES SUPPORT ANDTO LANGUAGES SUPPORT ANDCONTENT FOSTERINGCONTENT FOSTERING

CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS

MASSIVE DIGITAL AND INFORMATIONMASSIVE DIGITAL AND INFORMATIONLITERACYLITERACY

IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRIGGER MASSIVE AND QUALITY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRIGGER MASSIVE AND QUALITY CONTENT PRODUCTIONCONTENT PRODUCTION

COMPREHENSIVE POLICIES FORCOMPREHENSIVE POLICIES FOR

DIGITAL DIVIDE MUST GO DIGITAL DIVIDE MUST GO

BEYOND ACCESSBEYOND ACCESS

AND INCLUDE EDUCATIONAND INCLUDE EDUCATION

MERCI

Thank youGracias

Obrigado Amesegnalhu

Shukran  Dhonnyobaad

Orkun

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