Profit Company Industry 3% Amazon Retail 7% BMW Automobile 22% Apple Computing 23% Google Technology 37% Elsevier Scholarly Publishing 37% Taylor & Francis Scholarly Publishing
This is important because it shows how our lives and society are today. It shows what is taking up our lives.
This is why librarians and your instructors are constantly asking you to take advantage of your academic privilege by using the library databases.
The ability to have free material is something I and other students need to take advantage of. Especially since it is not afforded there for everyone.
Students, even those in high school, enjoy information privileges that aren't afforded to the general public. This graphic created by Duke University Library helps you understand this privilege more fully:
This demonstrates the amount of privilege students get that most general public schools do not. It also expresses how students enjoy and take advantage of what others do not have.
We are active users of technology - I am teaching and you are learning online. When we're submerged in this kind of environment, it's sometimes easy to forget that what's known as the digital divide still exists. Our access to technology gives us advantages in accessing information that many around the world do not have. This information graphic from the International Monetary Fund illustrates that:
It is very true. We are here using technology many can't afford or have access to. We have a privilege to receive this information. It is a very big advantage that we get to access information on technology.