DIGITAL ACCESS AND DIVIDE

Digital Citizenship basically conceptualises the norms of appropriate,

responsible use of technology. A study that was initially designed for parents
and teachers in order to understand their children and students, but due to the
growth in usage technology by any and everyone, digital citizenship became a
tool for everyone using technology. It consists of 9 core elements which are :
Digital Access
Digital Commerce
Digital Etiquette
Digital Communication
Digital Security
Digital Literacy
Digital Law
Digital Rights and Responsibilities
Digital Health and Awareness

Electronic participation in society and the availability of

technology to any and everyone.

Buying and selling of goods electronically, this is to

ensure that the users of technology know which
goods and services are legitimate and which arent.
Electronic exchange of information. Due to the
expanding ways of technological communications e.g.
Emails, IMs etc. Some people need to be taught certain
online behaviours.
The process of teaching and learning about technology
and its use. For the sake of keeping up with new
technologies a constant for of learning has to take
place.
Standards of conduct or procedure. This simply means
learning the rules and policies of online behaviour and
abiding to them.

Responsibility for electronical actions and deeds. This

addresses the ethics of technology in a society.

The freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world.

These are basic rights extended to every digital
citizen but this means that everyone should take
responsibility for their online activity.
Physical and psychological well-being in the techno
world. The digital citizen needs to know how to protect
themselves from inherent dangers of technology.
Electronic precautions to guarantee safety. Learning
the use of digital security is vital as there are cyber
criminal just as much there are real criminals.

Figure1.1 The Five Fluencies of Digital Citizenship