Digital Divisions

Internet, Social Media and Society

by
Juned Sonido
 3 Things You Need to
Connect

• Gadget

• Internet Connection

• Speed
 State of the Internet in the
Philippines
Percentage at 100
Definition
Million

Digital Penetration Number of People

35-40%
Rate connected

Number of people
Social Media
connected using 80-90%
Penetration Rate
social media
Number of People
Mobile Internet
connected to mobile 35-40%
Pentration Rate
Internet
35% + 35% does not
= 70%
 Most Used Social Media &
SNS - Social Networking Sites
Facebook Youtube

Twitter Instagram

Email Blogs

On-line Games Chats

Apps ?
 The Digital Divide
Digital Native Digital Immigrant

Age Digital Native Digital Immigrant

Wealth Digital Rich Digital Poor

Religion/Political ?

Gender ?
 Digital +/-
The Upside The Downside

Create Content True/False

Distribute Content Information Overload

Feedback Trolling

Interact Privacy

Do Business Crime
 UN declared access to
the Internet a human right
Bridging the Divide

Strategy Private Public

Free Public Wifi/Wire

Free Wifi Balloon
All Batangays

Cheaper Wifi Sachet ?

Challenges & Questions
Digital Divide Click Activism

True/False Digital Isolationism

Information Overload Echo-Chamber

Trolling TMI

Privacy Negatrons

Crime ?
Internet Trolls
Dunbar’s Number
Social Media and
Revolutions
 Has the Internet changed
us?
• Are we addicted to Social Media/Facebook?

• Who are our friends and family?

• Has google search made us dumb?

• Are we who we are on-line?

• What will happen to us in the future?

Effect of Social Media
Hikimori