New And Digital Media (WEEK 3)

Universal internet access to combat poverty 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mark-zuckerberg/11893994/Mark-Zuckerberg-calls-for-universal-internet-access-to-combat-poverty.html
This article is about Mark Zukerbergs the co founder of Facebook opinion on the importance of the internet. He said that there should be global access to the internet by 2020, in order to create a united world where we can all understand each other.  He described this objective as a 'to do list for the people of the planet' and pitched to the United Nations, "a like or a post wont stop tanks or bullets, but when people are connected we have a chance to build a common global community" this highlights the importance of the internet, which allows people to communicate worldwide aswell as give people the will to stand up for what they believe in. This newspapers expresses the importance of the internet for social change.

• global access to the internet by 2020
• objective as a 'to do list for the people of the planet'
• wont stop bullets or tanks, but has a chance of building a common global community 
• an affective way to combat the UNs newly adopted agenda of global illness.

In my opinion this is an effect way to get people communicating globally, and may help people stand up for what they believe in as the internet is desensitised. Also because they can see issues of other people from different countries it may help them empathies with them as a result connecting the world. However I don't think the having access to the internet is the most effective way to deal with poverty, because people will need homes and food before they can start paying broadband bills.