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The Digital Divide in the United States
A Nation Online:
How Americans are Expanding Their Use of the Internet - February
2002 report from the National Telecommunication and Information Administration
(NTIA)
and the Economics and Statistics Administration.
Digital Divide Website:
related to the series from PBS.
Falling
Through the Net: Towards Digital Inclusion - October 2000 report
from the National Telecommunciations and Information Administration (NTIA).
Bridging
the Digital Divide: The Impact of Race on Computer Access and Internet
Use from Project 2000 at Vanderbilt University.
Digital Divide Project
from the University of Washington, Office of Educational Partnerships.
PowerUp: a cooperative
effort of non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, and corporations
to bridge the digital divide.
Center for the Study of Technology
and Society.- "a non-profit think tank in Washington, D.C. Through
original research and in-depth analysis, the Center examines the interaction
of technological change and society." The Equity
Page includes numerous
articles on the digital divide. An essay on Why
Study Equity? explains why equity in access to technology is important.
The Digital Divide Around the World
OneWorld.net - "has a vision
of equitable and sustainable distribution of wealth amongst the world's
population, underpinned by global attainment
and protection of human rights and by governance structures which permit
local communities control over their own affairs.
OneWorld is dedicated to harnessing the democratic potential of the
internet to promote human rights and sustainable development." The
Digital
Opportunity Channel is a joint project of OneWorld.net and the
Digital
Divide Network.
The Global
Digital Divide Initiative (GDDI) from the World
Economic Forum.
Kofi Annan
on the Digital Divide (from the BBC). "The United Nations Secretary
General, Kofi Annan, explains why he believes that information and communication
technologies can improve the lives of people in developing countries."
Annan wants
'information for all' (from the BBC).
When the web is
not world-wide (from the BBC).
Why the Poor
Need Technology (from the BBC).
From the Berkman Center at
Harvard Law School: papers
by Geoffrey Kirkman on global access to Internet and the Berkman
Center's Open Economies Project.
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