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Mobile Phones Are Not The Key to Bridging the Digital Divide

07.26.2010 · Posted in Digital Divide

Something new to consider as we consider at broadband access as a universal right – mobile phones. NPR looks at a recent report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project on Mobile Access.  Does 3G (and soon to be 4G) speed qualify as broadband access? NPR quotes these stats from Pew African-Americans and English-speaking ...

Video from Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy

02.23.2010 · Posted in Transliteracy, Video

Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. In October 2009 the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy released its report.  The report itself is over 100 pages and worth reading.  It is available to download as a pdf or to read ...