Information flows Flashcards
1
Q
1st telegraph cables across Atlantic
A
1860s
2
Q
1st GPS satellite launched
A
1970s, now 24 10,000km above Earth
3
Q
Microprocessor
A
1971
4
Q
Broadband developed, 1m km ocean floor fibre optic cables owned by governments and TNCs
A
1980s and 90s
5
Q
Information flow benefits
A
Shares beneficial tech e.g. COVID vaccine, enables remittances, TNCs increase tolerance, can better circumstances e.g. Arab Spring, remote work and learning, vital to grow e.g. GPN, $29m raised for Haiti by text in 15 days
6
Q
Information flow drawbacks
A
leapfrogging, splinternet e.g. Great Firewall of China, 25m disconnected N Koreans, job loss, innovation faster than regulation e.g. DT twitter, 2018: 100m living in bits of Africa without mobile phone services
