Assessing telecommunications technology as a tool for urban community building

Anderson, Teresa E.; Melchior, Alan

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“…Long term Internet users were most likely to have learned at work; for recent Internet users, friends/family and self‐teaching were equally important. These results reinforce the importance of the presence of a computer at home, or the opportunity to access the Web from locations other than the home, in stimulating Web use.Insight into the importance of reducing this gap in Web use between whites and African‐Americans is provided by Anderson and Melchior's (1995) discussion of information redlining . Information redlining signifies the relegation of minorities into situations where satisfying their information needs is weighed against their economic and social worth.…”

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The Evolution of the Digital Divide: How Gaps in Internet Access May Impact Electronic Commerce

Hoffman¹,

Novak

Schlosser

2006

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

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Enthusiasm for the anticipated social dividends of the Internet appears boundless. Indeed, the Internet is expected to do no less than virtually transform society. Yet even as the Internet races ambitiously toward critical mass, some social scientists are beginning to examine carefully the policy implications of current demographic patterns of Internet access and usage. Key demographic variables like income and education drive the policy questions surrounding the Internet because they are the most likely have a differential impact on the consequences of interactive electronic media for different segments in our society. Given these concerns, we set out to conduct a systematic investigation of the differences between whites and African Americans in the United States with respect to computer access, the primary current prerequisite for Internet access, and Web use. We wished to examine whether observed race differences in access and use can be accounted for by differences in income and education, how access influences use, and when race matters in the calculus of equal access. The particular emphasis of this research is on how such differences may be changing over time. We believe our results may be used as a window through which policymakers might view the job of ensuring access to the Internet for the next generation.

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The Evolution of the Digital Divide: How Gaps in Internet Access May Impact Electronic Commerce

Hoffman¹,

Novak

Schlosser

2006

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

168

112

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“…Despite these gains, a growing number of surveys have documented a persistent but rapidly closing gap in computer and internet access (Anderson & Melchior, 1995; Katz & Aspden, 1997; Goslee & Conte, 1998; Hoffman & Novak, 1998; Norris, 2001; U.S. Department of Commerce, 2002;.…”

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The challenges of redressing the digital divide: a tale of two US cities

Kvasny

Keil

2005

Information Systems Journal

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“…One needs access to networks of power. Indeed, it is necessary to create a human network as well as a computer network in efforts to use telecommunications technology for community building (Anderson and Melchior, 1995). While electronic communication makes it easier to communicate across long distances, it can be difficult to create and maintain relationships with people and organizations in other places, let alone in one's own place.…”

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Building a Global Sense of Place: The Community Networking Movement in the United States

Longan

2002

Urban Geography

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Community networks help build place-based community by offering individual citizens and organizations access to the Internet, the ability to post information online, and opportunities to discuss community affairs. Community networks are inspired by a dynamic vision of community that incorporates a global sense of place. A global sense of place is valuable because it helps to illuminate a place's connections with the world and may therefore enable scale-jumping forms of activism. This article analyzes interviews with participants in four U.S. community networks to explore how networks combine a politics of mobility, a politics of access, and a politics of place to construct a global sense of place. The degree to which each network emphasizes mobility, access, and place varies. This variation has implications for both community activism and issues of diversity in community. Networks that fail to link mobility, access, and place may increase, rather than decrease, inequalities in access to electronic communications as well as to forms of political power. [

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Assessing telecommunications technology as a tool for urban community building

Cited by 13 publications

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The Evolution of the Digital Divide: How Gaps in Internet Access May Impact Electronic Commerce

The Evolution of the Digital Divide: How Gaps in Internet Access May Impact Electronic Commerce

The challenges of redressing the digital divide: a tale of two US cities

Building a Global Sense of Place: The Community Networking Movement in the United States

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