International Baccalaureate IB Digital society

Humans organize, construct and represent space based on physical, geographic, cultural and/or social features (for example, into locations, regions, borders, zones)

Possible initial inquiry questions: How do digital systems and technologies affect how we experience specific spaces and locations? Do physical or political borders still have meaning in a digital society?

Different spaces often serve distinct functions for people and communities

Possible initial inquiry questions: In what kinds of spaces do digital divides exist? How does online space differ from physical space? How are they similar?

Access, movement and flows are significant considerations involving space

Possible initial inquiry question: How does media circulate and move through digital society?

Space can be understood using multiple scales and dimensions, including local, regional, national and global as well as virtual

Possible initial inquiry question: To what extent does physical space influence virtual space (and vice versa)?