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Monday, July 15, 2002

http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue7_7/warschauer/index.html

Reconceptualizing the Digital Divide
Mark Warschauer

This paper examines the concept of a digital divide by introducing problematic examples of community technology projects and analyzing models of technology access. It argues that the concept provides a poor framework for either analysis or policy, and suggests an alternate concept of technology for social inclusion. It then draws on the historical analogy of literacy to further critique the notion of a divide and to examine the resources necessary to promote access and social inclusion....


 


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