Divide Resources
April 7, 2008 – 9:38 amOne the best resources for information on computer and Internet use in the United States is the Pew Internet and American Life Project. They do studies and research on who uses the Internet, how they use the Internet, who doesn’t use the Internet and much more.
Some government run sites that are sources of news: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
Eurekalert.org is a great source of science and technology related press releases from companies, universities and a myriad of other official sources.
There are a lot of great tech sites out there that report news that applies to digital divide issues. Much of the news that come through these sources (and theres a lot of it) only mildly relates to these issues, but they do have very appropriate news from time to time. Here is a short list:
- Ars Technica
- Engadget
- New York Times Technology
- Chicago Tribune Technology
- Techcrunch
- Wired
- CNet News.com
- Gizmodo
A lot of digital divide related news is reported through a wide range of global newspapers and blogs, making it difficult to monitor. So Google News is my new best friend. It pulls news articles and blog posts from around the world and makes them searchable. I was able to custom design two rss feeds which I plopped into my Google Reader (which also makes my life easier).
