[12385] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: Race, Class, and the Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (BRANDIS Rushton G)
Wed Aug 19 20:02:39 1998
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 13:50:01 -0500
From: BRANDIS Rushton G <Rushton.G.BRANDIS@state.or.us>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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For an example of a firm working to address these concerns, see "Computers
in the 'Hood" at
<http://www.13scribes.com/whyhood.html>
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> From: Art McGee on Tue, Aug 18, 1998 5:20 PM
> Subject: Race, Class, and the Internet
> To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum
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> [I don't agree with all the conclusions, but these are very
interesting
> and important studies/reports. Please be sure to at least browse them]
>
>
> Bridging the Digital Divide:
> The Impact of Race on Computer Access and Internet Use
>
> http://www2000.ogsm.vanderbilt.edu/papers/race/science.html
>
>
> High Technology and Low-Income Communities:
> Prospects for the Positive Use of Advanced Information Technology
>
> http://web.mit.edu/sap/www/high-low/
>
>
> What Color is the Net?
>
> http://www.hotwired.com/netizen/97/11/index2a.html
>
>
> Losing Ground Bit by Bit:
> Low-Income Communities in the Information Age
>
> http://www.benton.org/Library/Low-Income/
>
>
> Falling Through the Net II:
> New Data on the Digital Divide
>
> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/net2/
>
>
> Impact of CTCnet Affiliates:
> Findings from a National Survey of Users of Community Technology
Centers
>
> http://www.ctcnet.org/impact98.htm
>
>
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