digital divide and non-US perspective on web readings
I am requesting help to finish my syllabus. I'm looking for two or three readings (total, not each) on two topics: 1) digital divide (preferably a reading that does NOT focus on race, and something that is recent) 2) a non-US perspective on how the web has/is changing our lives, the way we communicate, etc. The class is called "Communication and Social Change" and too much of what we're doing is US-focused, so I want to include a different perspective. I'm looking for short articles/reports (not full blown journal articles) and even popular press articles, preferably available online. The readings are used as discussion stimulants, so they can be controversial (like the recent posting to this list how you can now divorce via SMS in Malaysia). Though general pointers are welcome, due to time pressures I would much appreciate being directed to specific articles rather than entire websites. If you prefer, reply directly to bunz@scils.rutgers.edu. Thanks so much! Ulla ---------------------------------------------------- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Email: bunz@scils.rutgers.edu ----------------------------------------------------
I combine these on #1 http://gcc.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/250/21/ digitaldividestill.html http://gcc.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/250/21/ digitaldividestill.html This one is "controversial" in that, under Clinton, this URL was the "Federal digital divide Webpage." It's changed quite a bit under Bush http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/dn/index.html On Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 09:10 AM, Ulla Bunz wrote:
I am requesting help to finish my syllabus.
I'm looking for two or three readings (total, not each) on two topics:
1) digital divide (preferably a reading that does NOT focus on race, and something that is recent)
2) a non-US perspective on how the web has/is changing our lives, the way we communicate, etc. The class is called "Communication and Social Change" and too much of what we're doing is US-focused, so I want to include a different perspective.
I'm looking for short articles/reports (not full blown journal articles) and even popular press articles, preferably available online. The readings are used as discussion stimulants, so they can be controversial (like the recent posting to this list how you can now divorce via SMS in Malaysia).
Though general pointers are welcome, due to time pressures I would much appreciate being directed to specific articles rather than entire websites.
If you prefer, reply directly to bunz@scils.rutgers.edu. Thanks so much!
Ulla
---------------------------------------------------- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Email: bunz@scils.rutgers.edu ----------------------------------------------------
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Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D. Interim Director, Multimedia Program and New Media Center Associate Professor, Speech Communication 1501 W. Bradley Bradley University Peoria IL 61625 309-677-2378 Editor, Journal of Communication and Religion
On Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 09:10 AM, Ulla Bunz wrote:
1) digital divide (preferably a reading that does NOT focus on race, and something that is recent)
Here's a chapter from a recent anthology on the digital divide that's short and sweet and works well for students: 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] Janet Sternberg, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication and Media Studies Fordham University Bronx, NY 10458-9993 718-817-4855 voice 718-817-4868 fax jsternberg@fordham.edu
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