IB Digital Society Topic 4.7B Social Class Revision Notes (SL/HL)

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4.7B Social Class

Organising concept is power; digital systems can widen or narrow the gap between rich and poor and decide who gets access, a fair wage, or a loan.
Supporting concepts: space (class maps onto geography) and systems (a small design choice ripples across whole communities).
Content topics: networks (who is connected), data and artificial intelligence (allocating work and money), and values and ethics throughout since livelihoods are at stake.

The Digital Divide

The digital divide is the gap between those with good access to digital technology and those without.
It falls along class and geographic lines: in 2025 roughly 94 percent of people in high-income countries are online against about 23 percent in low-income ones, with around 2.2 billion still offline; urban far outpaces rural.
A second-level divide concerns quality of access and skills: a fast home connection and laptop open doors a shared, capped phone does not.
1. Impacts vs implications: measurable gaps in access, speed, and skills, which shut people out of school, work, and services and compound over time as more of life moves online.

Work in the Gig Economy

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4.7B Social Class

Organising concept is power; digital systems can widen or narrow the gap between rich and poor and decide who gets access, a fair wage, or a loan.
Supporting concepts: space (class maps onto geography) and systems (a small design choice ripples across whole communities).
Content topics: networks (who is connected), data and artificial intelligence (allocating work and money), and values and ethics throughout since livelihoods are at stake.

The Digital Divide

The digital divide is the gap between those with good access to digital technology and those without.
It falls along class and geographic lines: in 2025 roughly 94 percent of people in high-income countries are online against about 23 percent in low-income ones, with around 2.2 billion still offline; urban far outpaces rural.
A second-level divide concerns quality of access and skills: a fast home connection and laptop open doors a shared, capped phone does not.
1. Impacts vs implications: measurable gaps in access, speed, and skills, which shut people out of school, work, and services and compound over time as more of life moves online.

Work in the Gig Economy

Definition

Paywall

(on a website) an arrangement whereby access is restricted to users who have paid to subscribe to the site.

anim nostrud sit dolore minim proident quis fugiat velit et eiusmod nulla quis nulla mollit dolor sunt culpa aliqua

Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit

Note

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam quis nostrud exercitation.

Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident

Tip

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris.
Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum.

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Topic 1 - Introduction - Digital Society1 subtopic

Topic 2 - Concepts - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 3 - Content - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 4 - Contexts - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 5 - Challenges and Interventions - Digital Society (HL)3 subtopics

IB Digital Society 4.7B Social Class Notes

Topic 1 - Introduction - Digital Society1 subtopic

Topic 2 - Concepts - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 3 - Content - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 4 - Contexts - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 5 - Challenges and Interventions - Digital Society (HL)3 subtopics

4.7B Social Class

The Digital Divide

Work in the Gig Economy

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Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit

Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident

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4.7B Social Class

The Digital Divide

Work in the Gig Economy

anim nostrud sit dolore minim proident quis fugiat velit et eiusmod nulla quis nulla mollit dolor sunt culpa aliqua

Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit

Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident

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