Questions for comprehension


Questions for comprehension

  1. What is your understanding of the term “connectivity”? Is a way people have to interact with others by media devices.
  2. What are Facebook Zero and Wikipedia Zero, and how do these work? Why are these thought to be good for developing countries? As in Facebook and Wikipedia the term “zero” signifies free data.  Facebook Zero is an initiative undertaken by social networking service company Facebook in collaboration with mobile phone-based Internet providers. Wikipedia Zero is a project by the Wikimedia Foundation to provide Wikipedia free of charge on mobile phones via zero-rating, particularly in developing markets.
  3. What other initiatives are taking place in developing countries, to encourage people to get online? The amount of people using the apps, new updates and maybe the free data,’innovations’ ‘no data charges’, ‘cheap accesses’. The company launched Wikipedia Zero, a flagship programme that partners with mobile phone providers to let people browse with no data charges.
  4. Do you agree with Zuckerberg's view that connectivity is a human right? I do agree with Zuckerberg’s view that connectivity is a human right because is where people enjoy their free time, have the freedom to express their opinions, talk to people about their stories or whatever.
  5. How does your internet behaviour differ from five years ago? Many people now turn to the web for information on key services – are you among them? It became with new innovations, having data with no charges encouraging people to use social media.

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