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Links
to Information on the Digital Divide and Related Issues
The following list of resources provides a sampling of current views
on the "digital divide" and related topics, organized by source. You will
find links to popular press articles and speeches, reports and scholarly
papers, governmental actions, and a short list of foundations and non-profit
organizations committed to making a difference in this area. These resources
have been compiled in conjunction with the CILT2000 conference, and will
be available after the conference with occasional updates.
Additional links provided at the conference can be found by clicking
here.
Press articles, speeches, etc.
•Intergenerational Divide
(article)
http://www.sjmercury.com/svtech/news/special/webteen/
•Bringing IT to the Have-Nots
(article)
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/1,1151,16980,00.html
•National Governors Association,
Carly Fiorina, HP CEO (speech)
http://www.hp.com/ghp/ceo/speeches/nga.html
•The Global Digital Divide
(article)
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/07/20/fp8s2-csm.shtml
•Cyber-rich vow to aid offline
nations (article)
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/07/20/fp1s1-csm.shtml
•Beyond Access: Understanding
the Digital Divide, Andy Carvin (speech)
http://www.benton.org/Divide/thirdact/speech.html
•More Tech Users, But Divide
Still Exists (article)
http://cyberatlas.com/big_picture/geographics/article/0,,5911_429391,00.html
•FCC Cites a Higher-Speed
Digital Divide (article)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33100-2000Aug3.html
•Computers for Youth: Spreading
the Net (article)
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,13182,00.html
•Cluelessness: The Other Digital
Divide
http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2486628,00.html
•Digital Divide: It's Money,
Not Race - Forrester Research Study (article)
http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/1511-1.html
•Study Finds Gaps in Internet Content. Reports from the Children’s
Partnership and the Conference Board.(article in NY Times March 23, 2000
p E5) (access fee charged)
http://www.nytimes.com/
•Hispanics are narrowing the digital divide (article in NY
Times April 6, 2000) (access fee charged)
http://www.nytimes.com/
•Peace corps chief sees a digital bridge needs.(article in
Washington Post 19 April 2000) (access fee charged)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
•Enabling Technologies (article)
http://www.businessweek.com/common_frames/bws.htm?
http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_12/b3673024.htm
•Digital Divide (PBS 2-part
series)
http://www.pbs.org/digitaldivide/about.html
•A Lesson in Computer Literacy
from India's Poorest Kids (article)
http://www.businessweek.com/common_frames/bws.htm?
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2000/nf00302b.htm
Research reports & papers
•Safe & Smart: Research
and Guidelines for Children's Use of the Internet (book)
http://www.nsbf.org/safe-smart/index.html
•E-rate in America: Tale of
Four Cities (report)
Benton Foundation, EDC/Center for Technology and Children.
http://www.benton.org/e-rate/e-rate.4cities.pdf
•Digital Divide in Educating
African American Students and Workers, Alan B. Kreuger, Princeton University
(working paper)
http://www.irs.princeton.edu/pubs/pdfs/434.pdf
•Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved
Americans: The Digital Divide's New Frontier; The Children's Partnership
(Report)
http://www.childrenspartnership.org/pub/low_income/index.html
•A Persisting Digital Divide Puts Millions of Americans at
an Economic, Social and Political Disadvantage
http://www.consumerfed.org/digitaldivide/disconnected102000.htm
•Report On The Digital Divide and Its Social and Economic
Implications for Our Nation and Its Citizens.
http://www.gartner.com/public/static/techies/digital_d/digital_d.html
•Who's Not Online: 57% of those without Internet access say
they do not plan to log on
http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=21
Governmental action
•The Clinton-Gore administration:
A national call to action to close the digital divide
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/New/html/20000404.html
•Kerry bill seeks high-speed
Net access for poor areas (article)
http://www.senate.gov/~kerry/clippings/052300.html
•President's Information Technology Advisory Committee
(reports, testimony, etc.)
http://www.ccic.gov/ac/#pres-2feb00
•The President's New Markets
Trip:
From Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/New/New_Markets-0004/20000417-6.html
•Thomas: Legislative Information on the Net
http://thomas.loc.gov
•Commerce Department's Digital Divide Web site.
http://digitaldivide.gov/
•Community Access Program, Government of Canada (web site)
http://cap.ic.gc.ca/
Foundations, program funding, organizations
•Benton Foundation index to digital divide news
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/news.adp
•E-rate issues, Benton Foundation
http://www.benton.org/e-rate/
•The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Digital Divide Research
http://www.glf.org/learning/digitaldivide.htm
•Bridging the Digital Divide: Spring 2000
(special issue Edutopia, George Lucas Educational Foundation)
http://www.glef.org/edutopia/newsletters/spring2000/index.html
•World Bank & Softbank invest in internet enterprises for developing
world
http://www.softbank.com/sbem/english/english.html
•NetDay Compass
http://www.NetDayCompass.org
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