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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 [email protected]@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%
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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
Doh jeh
Dekuji Adjarama
Abhar
Toda raba
N’gue penù
спасибо спасибо