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According to 2011 estimates, about 13.5% of the African population has Internet access. [18] While Africa accounts for 15.0% of the world's population, only 6.2% of the World's Internet subscribers are Africans. [19] Africans who have access to broadband connections are estimated to be in percentage of 1% or lower.
This content is often distributed via the internet and is an early example of convergence in the internet and mobile medium. Pan African community based websites are also emerging on the scene and reflect trends in the Web 2.0 movement seen in other parts of the world. Print media Actress Mervat Amin on the cover for Al-Mawwid magazine, June 1972
A tag cloud (a typical Web 2.0 phenomenon in itself) presenting Web 2.0 themes. Web 2.0 (also known as participative (or participatory) [1] web and social web) [2] refers to websites that emphasize user-generated content, ease of use, participatory culture, and interoperability (i.e., compatibility with other products, systems, and devices) for end users.
The history of the Internet has its origin in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks.The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet, arose from research and development in the United States and involved international collaboration, particularly with researchers in the United Kingdom and ...
The digital divide is the unequal access to digital technology, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and the internet. [ 1][ 2] The digital divide worsens inequality around access to information and resources. In the Information Age, people without access to the Internet and other technology are at a disadvantage, for they are unable or ...
Web 2.0 for development. Participatory Web 2.0 for development (in short Web2forDev) was a term coined around 2007-2008 to describe new ways of employing legemvweb services, in order to improve information sharing and collaborative production of content in the context of development work. Emerging developments in participatory Web and user ...
The second view was that using the internet would widen the field of a user's community by providing a novel system of communication and interaction. He observes that users show enhanced relationships with their close contacts while increasing the numbers of less close contacts with relationships maintained through internet mediated interaction.
The social web is a set of social relations that link people through the World Wide Web. [ 1] The social web encompasses how websites and software are designed and developed in order to support and foster social interaction. [ 2]: 5 These online social interactions form the basis of much online activity including online shopping, [ 3] education ...