Techno-News Blog Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield |
|
|
Technology News for Higher Education Times and Dates Coordinated Universal Time
Subscribe to Techno-News Blog by Email
|
Monday, November 05, 2001
http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i11/11a05101.htm Does 'Digital Divide' Rhetoric Do More Harm Than Good? By JEFFREY R. YOUNG Some scholars fear that the discussion discourages the creation of content. Warnings about a continuing "digital divide" could be doing more harm than good to African-Americans and other minority groups, portraying them as technophobic charity cases who lack the desire to adopt new technologies on their own. That's the conclusion some scholars are reaching as they study issues of race and technology....
Comments:
Post a Comment
|
