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Learning Activity: Explore and examine
This exercise can be done in pairs or groups of 3-4 to encourage discussion and reduce the time taken to do rapid research.
Data sources are very valuable in helping us to develop a deeper understanding of concepts. For this activity, we would like you please to use two sources which you can find in the essential resources section:
Individuals using the Internet (% of population) from The World Bank
The Global State of Digital in October 2019 form We Are Social and Hootsuite
In the first source, use the World Bank report to do a quick comparison - you will need to use the map tab and then the slide bar to adjust for year.
Using the table below, have a look and see what their rate of penetration for internet usage was in 1997 and then twenty years later in 2017:
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Penetration - 1995 (%) |
Penetration - 2017 (%) |
| Australia |
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| United Kingdom |
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| Unites States |
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| Japan |
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| China |
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| India |
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| Singapore |
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| Indonesia |
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| Vietnam |
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| Malaysia |
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Do any of these findings surprise you? Many developing nations have rapidly increased internet penetration - what would you consider is the biggest driver of this increase in connectivity (HINT: many of you have one of these and would never leave home without it in your hand, pocket or bag).
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