Recently I asked for help in finishing my syllabus. I indicated an interest in articles on the digital divide and international perspectives on how the web has changed other cultures in various ways. Thanks to the many people who emailed links, references, and papers! Below is a list of what I have received. Ulla http://www.aarp.org/olderwiserwired/Articles/a2003-07-18-olderadultsonli ne.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/siqss/itandsociety/v01i04.html http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=88 http://chronicle.com/weekly/v48/i41/41a03401.htm http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/dn/index.html http://www.gapresearch.org/ http://www.routledge-ny.com/books.cfm?isbn=0415315034&CFID=1030848&CFTOK EN=88801308 http://www.digitalcutuplounge.com/newsite/jvs_papers/netfxinchina.htm Four articles Fay Sudweeks and Charles Ess collected for the special issue of JCMC (vol. 8, no. 2) on CMC in the Middle East, http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol8/issue2/ Dance, F. E. X. (2003). The digital divide. In L. Strate, R. Jacobson, & S. B. Gibson (Eds.), Communication and cyberspace: Social interaction in an electronic environment (2nd ed.) (pp. 171-182). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. [note: this chapter is new to the second edition] Journal of International Development 14(1). Special issue on ICTs and International Development New York Times April 23, 2000 WHEN VILLAGES GO GLOBAL How a Byte of Knowledge Can Be Dangerous, Too By SIMON ROMERO A recent article published in the Austrian Journal "Medien Journal" by Ursula Maier-Rabler 3 articles dealing with certain aspects of the Internet in South Africa by Herman Wasserman "Effective Use: A Community Informatics Strategy Beyond the Digital Divide" by Michael Gurstein Lim, M. (2002), 'CyberCivic Space in Indonesia: From Panopticon to Pandemonium?', International Development and Planning Review (Third World Planning Review), Vol. 24 No. 4, pp. 383-400, ISSN: 1474-6743. Lim, M. (October 2003, forthcoming), 'From War-net to Net-War: The Internet and Resistance Identities in Indonesia', The International Information & Library Review, Elsevier Publisher, ISSN: 1057-2317 Lim, M. (October 2003, forthcoming), 'The Internet, Social Network and Reform in Indonesia' in N. Couldry and J. Curran (Eds.), Contesting Media Power: Towards a Global Comparative Perspective, Rowan & Littlefield, pp. 273-288. ---------------------------------------------------- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Email: bunz@scils.rutgers.edu ----------------------------------------------------