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  1. Aug 2025
    1. 37% Elsevier Scholarly Publishing

      Before this, I would have never guessed the publishing industry was so profitable. It makes sense though with the vast amount of students each year.

    2. 22% Apple Computing

      This stat doesn't surprise me with Apple's business models, and high consumption rate. Still way higher than most others' average profit percentage.

    1. 5G mobile phones

      Each year, they are being developed and designed to be faster and engaging. How much longer till we are all truly captured by technology 24/7?

    2. 3D printing

      Over the last 5 years, we have seen significant changes in 3D printing. With the implications of better material and faster speeds, 3D printing has introduced itself and is being used by multiple industries right now.

    3. 2 billion people live without mobile phones

      Again one of those things that is considered a modern "Standard" to function in the present world, so to see that about 2 billion dont have that availability again opens my eyes to the amount of people living completely different way of life.

    4. While 80% of people in advanced economies have access

      I honestly expected this number to be a bit higher, just because of the internet's major dominance. It also makes me wonder if part of this percentage is by choice.

    5. 4 billion people live without internet

      With mostly everything being circulated on the internet, I just think is crazy that this amount of people live in a world fully out of the loop on a large amount of things.

    1. I have access to many databases and journals through my college library.

      The college library has everything I might need, or if not, knows where to find it.

    2. I have a personal computer and/or smartphone with a data plan and internet access.

      A privilege that has became so common. Even with a good amount of people still behind, schools are always pushing more towards the technological sides. For instance most elementary classes I hear about are filled with chromebooks.

    3. My professors encourage academic freedom.

      As professors take on the path to continue their academic freedom, they only want to see you explore what intrigues you like, something that once intrigued them.

    4. I could get to a public library in my hometown.

      If needed, the public library from my hometown was available to anybody, and has technology you could use, along with study rooms.

    1. The idea that status impacts your access to information is nothing new

      Education aside, just by a simple connection with someone, you can gain more access to info than others, and this can range from anything. It's all about who you know in the world nowadays.

    2. General overview of what we will be discussing involving academic privilege. Briefly talking about digital divide, information available, and profits by industry

    3. My hope is that someday more academic information will be freely available. Until then - we should all be part of this fight.

      As much as I hope for this to happen one day, we will most likely not see this happen as systematically it has been set up that way.

    4. Students, even those in high school, enjoy information privileges that aren't afforded to the general public.

      The graphic depicts the amount of readily available information for a student to use, while also showing the disadvantage that the public is also at.