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What’s your problem with the internet? A crib sheet for news exec speeches
Online Journalism Blog —
Authority: 530
When media executives (and the occasional columnist on a deadline ) talk about ‘the problem with the web’ they often revert to a series of recurring themes. In doing so they draw on a range of discourses that betray assumptions, institutional positions and ideological leanings. I thought I’d put together a ...2 days ago -
Motorola research shows technology use is becoming age-neutral
Putting people first —
Authority: 133
The 2009 Media Engagement Barometer commissioned by Motorola’s Home & Networks Mobility business has revealed a shift in [US] consumer influence that hasn’t been widely recognized yet: age no longer dictates a consumer’s willingness or ability to use media technology or services. In fact, all generations ...2 days ago -
Digital Divide: Not just a generational issue
HOPE Foundation —
Authority: 113
The Washington Post put up this article pointing out that the digital divide is not just a generational divide, it can also be a poverty divide. As more and more schools use technology and ask students to do their assignments using internet resources, the Post points out that not every student is able to ...2 days ago -
Britons caught in Dilemma; Environment or Broadband?
Cheap Broadband Internet —
Authority: 136
A research carried out by Broadband Suppliers has revealed that more and more people in the United Kingdom were envisaging a future life amidst the freshness of the countryside, even while balancing it with the apprehensive thinking of life with a slower broadband internet connection or perhaps none at all. The report ...3 days ago -
ON: Cokes Facial Profiler - Part 2
ON: Digital+Marketing —
Authority: 123
In October, I introduced you to Cokes Facial Profiler . Using Facebook Connect Coke was building a database of images to help match you with your twin. I sat fascinated by the sophisticated nature of the execution. Phase II of the project launched last week. ( http://apps.facebook.com/facialprofiler/ ) ...3 days ago -
The Digital Divide
Brian McCall's Economics of Education Blog —
Authority: 119
As elementary schools make more use of computers in the curriculum, it becomes more difficult for low income students to keep up since they are unlikely to have a computer with internet access at home. The Washington Post article "Lack of computer access hampers some students" reports that while public libraries ...4 days ago -
Can we build the perfect citizen?
Rialtas.net - Government 2.0 —
Authority: 92
Interesting article by FRANK DILLON in this weeks Irish Times Innovation Magazine. The Perfect Citizen The role of the citizen in creating a new Ireland is an important one. What foundations, skills and moral attributes should the perfect citizen have?… …Perhaps its time to look at what was once viewed as ...5 days ago -
Internet use and self-rated health among older people: a national survey
ICMCC Website Articles —
Authority: 152
Background : Older people are among the segments of the population for which the digital divide is most persistent and are considered to be at risk of losing out on the potential benefits that the information society can provide to their quality of life. Little attention has been paid, however, to relationships ...6 days ago -
Digital divide and Wikipedia
Thoughts of Nigel —
Authority: 530
Whilst crowdsourcing works wonders in places where there are plenty of educated earners,it falls down in places that underperform. One such area is Africa,as Marginal Revolution notes Almost the entire continent of Africa is geographically poorly represented in Wikipedia. Remarkably, there are more Wikipedia ...6 days ago -
Power to the People
fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news —
Authority: 161
In todays world, we have a "digital divide," wherein some people have the means and tools to exploit technology and others do not. In most developing countries, people still pirate software because they cannot afford to pay for it.1 week ago -
JIM 2009
Wir sprechen Online. —
Authority: 138
Das Internet bleibt für Jugendliche vor allem Kommunikationsmedium , so die aktuelle JIM -Studie ( PDF ); http://j.mp/7baoRA1 week ago -
e-Asia 2009 in Colombo: Huge gaps remain between Sri Lanka’s ICT hype and reality
Moving Images, Moving People! —
Authority: 121
The much-hyped e-Asia 2009 conference and exhibition opens in Colombo, Sri Lanka, today. It is organised by our good friends at the Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) in India and the Sri Lankan government agency known as Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA). According to the ...1 week ago -
Google’s exclusive new operating system
Memex 1.1 —
Authority: 548
Here’s an interesting angle on Google’s plan for its cloud-based operating system. Google’s Chrome OS is a great idea. Put as much as possible into the cloud, and keep the physical device as a “thin client” to access this functionality. However, this great dependence on Internet connectivity has left the ...1 week ago -
As another ‘future of journalism’ gabfest goes on . . .
Ink-Drained Kvetch —
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Today and tomorrow the Federal Trade Commission is conducting its very own “Future of Journalism” extravaganza with all the usual suspects, and from the live Tweeting I’ve seen they’re not saying anything all that new, as important as the topic may be. Spicing up the festivities, however, was Queen ...1 week ago -
We must not let Big Telecom segregate the Internet
Afro-Netizen —
Authority: 109
By Malkia Cyril, Chris Rabb and Joseph Torres Originally published on The Huffington Post and cross-posted elsewhere When Fox News’ Glenn Beck called President Barack Obama a racist this past July, the online advocacy group ColorOfChange.org launched a campaign to convince advertisers to boycott ...1 week ago -
A Shift in the Digital Divide?
The Fischbowl —
Authority: 519
NPR has a short, but interesting story on the use of mobile devices by young people. Citing research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project , the story states that in regards to "robust" uses of mobile devices, "most of those hyperusers are young Latinos and blacks." Chart from NPR , source data ...1 week ago -
Cyborg Systems: Sociology’s Proper Unit of Analysis
Sociology Lens —
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by pj.rey The increasing centrality of the Internet in our daily lives has precipitated a spate of theorizing about how we – as humans and as a society – are changing (or not) due to the constant technological mediation of our most basic interactions and activities. Let’s face it: This sort of theorizing is ...1 week ago -
República Dominicana: meta 2011 de llevar teléfonos e Internet de banda ancha a localidades
AgInfo News from IAALD —
Authority: 133
El Gobierno a través del Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (Indotel) se ha trazado la meta para el 2011de que las localidades de la República Dominicana que tengan más de 300 habitantes, disfruten la posibilidad de hacer uso de teléfonos en sus domicilios y acceder al internet de banda ancha. La ...1 week ago -
Das Internet: eine Einladung
Wir sprechen Online. —
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Kruse : Das Internet ist eine Einladung zur Kommunikation in einer neuen Dimension ; http://j.mp/7is0Wv (via @klauseck )1 week ago -
Rural India: BSNL and Intel start WiMAX Acceleration Program
AgInfo News from IAALD —
Authority: 133
BSNL, HCL and Intel have joined hands to support the Indian Government’s Bharat Nirman rural development agenda. All three players have announced a series of wide-reaching initiatives to spur economic and educational opportunities in India by expanding access to wireless broadband Internet and affordable ...2 weeks ago
