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Reading Response: Youth Social Action – Building a global latticework through information and communication technologies posted by M Galbraith
Conducted in 2002, this study looked to uses of information and communication technologies as tools to build connectivity and empower youth social action networks.
One of the key points discovered by the researchers is that “true communication technology becomes the interpersonal interaction between individuals; the hardware of that interaction simply serves to mediate that connection. This [… Read More]
Applying Srinivasan ideas to Globalhood – HAF posted by J Rubio
As Srinivasan observes in “Indigenous, ethnic and cultural articulations of new media,” much has been written about the ‘digital divide.’ The discussion has focused on the lack of access in undeserved communities that make less use of technology and new media. He writes that the discussion has been framed around the idea of reinforcing “structures [… Read More]