The Digital Divide: A Selective Bibliography

Clara M. Chu <http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/chu>

UCLA Department of Information Studies

February 26, 2000

I. Digital Divide: General, Conferences and Events

General

"Toward Network Literacy: Public Access to the World Wide Web in New Zealand’s Public Libraries: A Research Report," by Anna Chalmers (Research Unit), 1998. http://www.natlib.govt.nz/about/network_literacy/index.html

The Digital Beat Online Journal- "The Digital Divide: Evolving Awareness and Evolving Solutions," by Jamal Le Blanc, January 2000. http://www.benton.org/DigitalBeat/db013100.html

"The Digital Divide"- Staff July 1999. http://www.benton.org/DigitalBeat/db070899.html

ABCNEWS.com’s article: "Affirmative Access Working Together with Bridge ‘Digital Divide’," by Stacy A. Teicher, The Christian Science Monitor, July 1999. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/csm_digitalvide_990729.html

"Strategies to Bridge the Digital Divide: Summit Examines Access to Technology and High-tech Jobs," by Venise Wagner, San Francisco Examiner, October 1999. http://www.examiner.com/991023/1023digital.html

Y2K Connect: Heaven’s Guide to Bridging the Digital Divide, 1999. http://hubheaven.org/ddr/

"Crossing the Digital Divide One Bridge at a Time," by Rodolpho Carrasco, Minorities’ Job Bank, 1999. http://www.minorities-jb.com/hispanic/commentary/archives/crossings799.html

"Study: Digital Divide Persists," by Courtney Macavinta, CNET News.com, .July 1999. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-344552.html

"Society’s Digital Divide," by Staff, CNET News.com, March 1997. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-317366.html

The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute: Policy—Brief: "Challenges to Bridging the Digital Divide: Building Better on Ramps to the Information Highway," by Paula Y. Bagasao, Ph.D., Elsa Macias, Ph.D., Sara Jones, and Harry P. Pachon, Ph.D., August 1999. http://www.trpi.org/dss/policybrief.html

"Structuring Access: The Role of Public Access Centers in the ‘Digital Divide’," Paper submitted to the International Communication Association, Acapulco, 2000 by Becky Lentz, Joseph Staubhaar, Ph.D., Antonio LaPastina, Ph.D., Stain Main and Julie Taylor. January 2000. http://databases.si.umich.edu/cfdocs/community/rrdisplay.cfm?topic=Community+Technology+Centers

ISSUES in Education & Technology Journal’s article: "The Digital Divide: Social Justice in the Information Age," by Claude Henry Potts, Winter 1999. http://www.centerz.gseis.ucla.edu/x/projects/xtech/dd.htm

U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science: "Moving Toward More Effective Public Internet Access: The 1998 National Survey of Public Library Outlet Internet Connectivity," A Report Based on Research Sponsored by the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science and Conducted by John Carlo Bertot and Charles R. McClure. March 1999. http://www.nclis.gov

"Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide," (Research Report), National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 1999. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fttn99/contents.html

NUA Internet Surveys: Report of statistics about the Digital Divide Worldwide., 1999. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/how_many_online/index.html

eLab Research on the Digital Divide: Papers. "The Growing Digital Divide: Implications for an Open Research Agenda," by Donna L. Hoffman & Thomas P. Novak (A Report), July 1999. http://www.ecommerce.vanderbilt.edu/digital.divide.html - science paper

The Pew Research Center for the People & The Press— "Online Newscomers More Middle-Brow, Less Work-Oriented: The Internet News Audience Goes Ordinary," 1998. http://www.people-press.org/tech98mor.htm

Planet It Web Design & Development: "Digital Divide Questioned," by Malcom Maclachian, TechWeb, April 1999. http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/internet_&_intranet/news/PIT19990416S0014/1

"U.S. Study shows ‘digital divide’ growing—or is it?," by Adam Clayton Powell III, The Freedom Forum Online, July 1999. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/14digitaldivide.asp

"Digital Divide Questioned: by Malcolm Maclachlan, TechWeb, April 1999. http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990412S0036

"Telecom Act Leading to Digital Divide," by Mary Mosquera, TechWeb, February 1999. http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990208S0019

NUA Internet Surveys-"US Department of Commerce: US Government Launch Digital Divide Initiative," January 2000. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905355524&rel=true

"USA Today: Growing Debate on an Emerging Digital Divide," May 1999. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905354930&rel=true

"College Board Online: Technology Increases Gap in Education," April 1999. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905354852&rel=true

USA TODAY: Tech Report: "Debating the Digital Divide," May 1999. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctf251.htm

Techweb: To Have and Have not—The Digital Divide between rich and poor run deep—particularly in America’s cities by Rachel King, August 1998. http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?TLC19980801S0035

Press Release: "The Clinton-Gore Administration: From Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity", February 2, 2000. http://www.digitaldivide.gov/2000-02-02.html

 

Conferences

The Bridge Builders Conference…Over the Digital Divide: Conference will be held on February 17th & 18th in Wilmington, Delaware. Last Updated, February 3, 2000. http://www.bridgingthedivide.org/home/home.cfm

Electronic Conference: Jeffrey Kaye takes a look at the chasm between the haves and have nots on the world of cyberspace,. September 1999. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/cyberspace/july-dec99/digital_9-17.html

PBS Documentary series about the Digital Divide—January 28, 2000. http://www.pbs.org/digitaldivide/

 

II. Digital Divide: Groups, Race/Ethnicity, Non-English Speakers

Race/Ethnicity

Internet.com’s article: "Making the Net Firms More Ethnically Diverse: Company are urged to make minority hiring a top priority," by Kathleen Murphy, May 1999. http://www.internetworld.com/print/1999/05/24/intcareers/19990524-making.html

eLab: "Bridging the Digital Divide: The Impact of Race on Computer Access and Internet Use," by Thomas P. Novak and Donna L. Hoffman, February 1998. http://ecommerce.vanderbilt.edu/papers/race/science.html

National Telecommunications and Information Administration— Fact Sheet: Racial Divide Continues to Grow: Falling through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide, July, 1999. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/digitaldivide/factsheets/racial-divide.htm

"Gap between white, black PC ownership reported," by Associated Press, The Freedom Forum Online, July 1999. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/7/8gap.asp

"Study shows more African-Americans Online than previously reported," by Adam Clayton Powell III, April 1998. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1998/4/17webuse.asp

NUA Internet Surveys-"Reuters: Digital Revolution to Overcome Racial Divide," September 1999. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905355287&rel=true

 

Hispanics/Latinos

Claremont University, CA— Press Release: "Why is there a Gap in Home Computer Ownership Among Middle Class Hispanic?: Computer Hardware and Software Companies are Missing Out on an Untapped Market of More than a Half a Billion Dollars," November 1997. http://cguweb.cgu.edu/inst/trc_pacbell.html

"Buying into the Computer Age: A Look at Hispanic Families." http://cguweb.cgu.edu/inst/aw1-3.html

The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute: Bridging the Digital Divide (statistics). January 2000. http://www.trpi.org/dss/itstats.html

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: FACT SHEET: Hispanics Falling Back in Information Age, November 1999. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/digitaldivide/factsheets/hispanics.htm

The Digital Beat: "The Digital Divide and the US Hispanic Population," August 1999. http://www.benton.org/DigitalBeat/db080699.html

The Freedom Forum Online-"Latino American Households now more Net-Connected than Whites," by Adam Clayton Powell III, April 1999. http://www.freedomforum.com/technology/1999/4/6latinometconnected.asp

NUA Internet Surveys-"LA Times: Online Hispanics Favour Sites in English," January 2000. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905355509&rel=true

 

Non-English

NUA Internet Surveys’s article: "eMarketer: Non-English Speakers Catch-Up," January 1998. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=899213653&rel=true

 

Gays and Lesbians

NUA Internet Surveys-"The Industry Standard: Investors Flock to Gay and Lesbian Portals," February 2000. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905355594&rel=true

"Computer Economics: Over 17 Million Gay and Lesbian Users by 2005," January 1999. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905355025&rel=true

THESTANDARD: Intelligence for the Internet Economy-"Gay Portals Come out," February 2000. (in 2 pages).

http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0%2C1151%2C9660%2C00.html?nl=mg

http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,9660-1,00.html

 

Poor People

"Rutgers University: Working Poor Left Behind in Internet Stakes," July 1999. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905355050&rel=true

John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development-"Working Hard but Staying Poor in the Shadow of the Boom: New Survey of America’s Working Poor Provided In-Depth Economic Portrait," July 1999. http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/news_02.html

 

Social Impact of Internet/Computer Use

"SIQSS: Internet Use Has Social Side Effects," NUA Internet Surveys, February 2000. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905355601&rel=true

"Study takes early look at Social Consequences of Net use," by Kathleen O’Toole, Stanford Online Report, February 2000. http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/report/news/february16/internetsurvey-216.html

NUA Internet Surveys-"Simon Weisenthal Center: Report Lists Over 1,400 Hate Sites," March 1999. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905354792&rel=true

Chicago Sun-Times: "City’s Melting Pot Finds way Online," September 1998. http://www.suntimes.com/output/business/ethnic28.html

 

III. Digital Divide: Sites, eLists, and Funding

Sites

Digitaldivide.gov: Closing the Digital Divide http://www.digitaldivide.gov/

Americans in the Information Age Falling Through the Net (An NTIA site) http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/digitaldivide/

Institute for Telecommunication Sciences - the research and engineering branch of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/Home.html

The Digital Divide Network http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/

The Digital Beat Online Journal (Benton Foundation – Communications: Policy & Practice) http://www.benton.org/DigitalBeat/

Digital Divide Series Home-PBS http://www.pbs.org/digitaldivide/

Forrester Research: An Independent Research Firm. Has conducted research on minorities and computer access. http://www.forrester.com/ER/Company

 

eLists

The Digital Divide Network Discussion List http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/

 

Funding (see also "Sites" section above)

3Com: Urban Challenge http://gov.3com.com/urbanchallenge/

The Freedom Forum Online offers funding for their projects, programs and partnerships. http://www.freedomforum.org/whoweare/welcome.asp

Press Release: "The Clinton-Gore Administration: From Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity", February 2, 2000. http://www.digitaldivide.gov/2000-02-02.html

Commerce News-United States Department of Commerce-"Commerce Announces $12.5 Million in Grants to be awarded to Help to close Digital Gap," January 2000. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/press/tiiap010500.htm

 

IV. Community Sites, Networking, and CTCs

Community Sites (see also http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/diversity)

Black Voices.com (Where African Americans Live Online) http://www.blackvoices.com

Minorities’ Job Bank website http://www.minorities-jb.com

EthnicGrocer.com (Recipes, Countries, Shopping) http://www.ethnicgrocer.com

Oyeme.com (Latino Search Engine and Portal) http://www.oyeme.com

 

Community Networking/Action

"Access is not enough," by Mitchel Resnick and Natalie Rusk, July-August 1996. http://www.prospect.org/archives/27/27resn.html

OneNetNow.com (Community online to bridge the ‘digital divide’) http://www.onenetnow.com/

The Community Connector list http://databases.si.umich.edu/cfdocs/community/index.cfm

Net.Work.Shop. Contact: Karen L. Wade. (323) 735-6616, klwade@hotmail.com) – Network of people and organizations meeting to bridge the digital divide in the Los Angeles area.

 

Community Technology Centers (CTCs)

The Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet) http://www.ctcnet.org/

 

V. Resource Lists and Miscellaneous

The Community Connector list http://databases.si.umich.edu/cfdocs/community/index.cfm

Culture, Class and Cyberspace list-- Updated January 22, 2000. http://www.igc.org/amcgee/e-race.html

Digital Divide Network list http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/overview.adp

Nua Internet Surveys lists

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=49

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=27

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=18

PBS (Public Broadcast Station’s Digital Divide Links and Tools)

http://www.pbs.org/digitaldivide/links.html

http://www.pbs.org/digitaldivide/learning.html

TRPI Projects, Digital Steppingstones’ Library Resource Links and Resource Guide

http://www.trpi.org/dss/links.html

http://www.trpi.org/dss/guide.html