Can the internet be a tool to connect Northern Ugandans with American high school students?
Digital divide is a term that is used to refer to the gap between those who have access to the information technology and those who do not. In the context of our project, I use the term to compare the internet usage in Uganda and the United States.
Please take a look at the following charts. The first one shows the distribution of the internet usage in Uganda and the second one shows the one for the United States. Since the Invisible Children’s headquarters is located in San Diego, I included the statistics for California as well.
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Social media 2: Facebook
The wall of the Invisible Children’s Facebook displays an incredible number of posts by IC’s supporters. It was especially astonishing to see the real time updates on the number of people who “like” IC’s page. For example, take a look at the updates from the following days:
March 24, 2011
9:50pm: 358,849 people
10:15pm: 358,873 people
11pm: 358, 911 people
March 25, 2011
9:50pm: 359,500 people
10:15pm: 359,514 people
11pm: 359,532 people
