Dispatch from the Digital Planet: January 2022

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Dispatch from the Digital Planet: January 2022

January 11, 2022

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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

The Long Shadow of the Lockdown: How the Pandemic Altered the Way Americans Spend Time Online

As the lockdowns lifted and the United States began navigating its way out of the pandemic, we examine how Americans spent their time online, and discuss implications for those on both sides of the digital divide. Using data from Similarweb, we analyzed traffic to the top 100 websites over a two-year period from May 2019 to May 2021, capturing online activity pre-pandemic, during the height of stay-at-home orders and social distancing, and through the ebbs and flows of initial re-openings.

PERSPECTIVES

50 Global Hubs for Top AI Talent

Harvard Business Review

Building ethical AI that works for everyone will require a diverse workforce that brings a broad range of perspectives. To achieve this, however, companies will need to look outside of the usual hubs, such as San Francisco. Companies globally can gain from the list of top 50 cities for AI talent and how diverse the population of developers is in each city.

IMAGINING A DIGITAL ECONOMY FOR ALL (IDEA) 2030 COUNCIL RESEARCH

Inclusive Crisis Management by Governments: Using Digital Ethnography and Sentiment Analysis as a Sensing Function and Policy Tool

In collaboration with our IDEA 2030 Council member, Equiception

ONGOING RESEARCH

Global digital competitiveness dashboards

Download country dashboards for an in-depth view on how countries around the globe compare to their regional and economic peers on over 50 measures of digital competitiveness. Part of the Digital Intelligence Index research, the dashboards offer a suite of powerful visualizations to gauge an economy’s digital strengths and shortcomings, benchmarking its score in each index.

EVENT OUTTAKES

The Internet’s Turn? Conclave

What did we learn about our digital lives around the world during the pandemic—and how we can get from here to a post-pandemic digital economy that works for everyone everywhere. View outtakes of The Internet’s Turn? Conclave by the Digital Planet’s Imagining a Digital Economy for All (IDEA) 2030 Council.

ANALYST OF THE MONTH

Edbert Jao

Undergraduate
Research Analyst,
Digital Planet

I’VE BEEN WORKING ON

Research on creating more a more inclusive digital economy and how American internet consumption during the pandemic evolved alongside social distancing.

AN INSIGHT I DISCOVERED

Social distancing in 2020 highlighted the disparity in digitalization with functions of everyday life. Somewhat digitalized functions saw explosive growth compared to highly digitalized functions in terms of traffic to websites servicing them. The pandemic shows that increased digital inclusion comes with ample room for significant digital evolution.

I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT

Identifying patterns in the data from the digital landscape so everyone can rely on actionable intelligence.

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IN THE NEWS

Where Are The Hot Spots And Blind Spots For A.I. Innovation?: Bhaskar Chakravorti | CNN

White House wants universal broadband by 2030, but funding could take years to deliver | CNBC

Two birds, one stone: Closing the digital divide and facing down Mark Zuckerberg: Bhaskar Chakravorti | The Hill

The saviour complex of Facebook’s critics: Bhaskar Chakravorti | The Indian Express

Distress of TikTok fake school accounts | BBC Sounds

3 ways Congress could hold Facebook accountable for its actions: Bhaskar Chakravorti | The Conversation

Solutions to build inclusive and sustainable economies | Mastercard

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