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Chapter 8

Online Communication. Chapter 8. Accessing the Machine. Online Communication. In this chapter you will learn:. A definition of informacy and the digital divide; How race and income affect Internet access; Statistics on the increase of Internet use across racial groups;

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Chapter 8

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  1. Online Communication Chapter 8 Accessing the Machine

  2. Online Communication In this chapter you will learn: • A definition of informacy and the digital divide; • How race and income affect Internet access; • Statistics on the increase of Internet use across racial groups; • Critiques offered against the digital divide thesis; and • The implications for an increasingly networked world.

  3. informacy: an extension of literacy; a universal right to information digital divide: a statistical difference in access to computer technology between various demographic groups Online Communication

  4. Online Communication National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) In 2002, the NTIA released A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet. The report showed: • Access to the Internet had grown significantly among all demographic categories • Some disparities still existed among racial and income demographic groups.

  5. Online Communication Internet Use Percentages by Race, 1998-2001 National Telecommunications and Information Administration. (2002). A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet. <http://ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/dn/nationonline_020502.htm>

  6. Online Communication Critiques of the Digital Divide snapshot critique: the statistics used to argue a disparity in Internet access between demographic groups do not reflect historical trends place, not race critique: disparities in geographic access to the Internet are more significant than comparisons among demographic groups

  7. Online Communication Implications of a Networked World • Decentralization versus recentralization • Fragmentation versus integration • Diversity versus homogenization United Nations Development Report. (1999). Human development report. <http://www.undp.org/hdro/99.htm>

  8. Online Communication A Brief Review • What are informacy and the digital divide? • To which groups is the digital divide most prominent? • How have usage levels changed among demographic groups in recent years? • What two arguments counter the digital divide thesis? • What are three implications for a networked world?

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