4.3.3 Shrinking world - communications

Content

• Geographic inquiry and concept(s)
  • How political, technological and physical processes influence global interactions
• Geographic knowledge and understanding
  • Our “shrinking world” and the forces driving technological innovation:
    • changing global data flow patterns and trends
    • patterns and trends in communication infrastructure and use
• Case study or detailed examples
  • Neither required by the syllabus
• Aims of this lesson
  • To be able to describe and explain the changing global data flow patterns and trends.
  • To be able to describe and explain the patterns and trends in communication infrastructure focusing on undersea telecommunication cables.
  • To be able to describe and explain how technological innovations have created a ‘shrinking world’.

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