Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h3GINrU23489; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 14:23:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 14:23:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <0A4BDBE4-7038-11D7-A855-0030656A26C8@worlded.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Jeff Carter <jcarter@WorldEd.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2807] New digital divide report X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 808 Lines: 27 Folks, There's a new report out today from the Pew Internet & American Life project called "The Ever-Shifting Internet Population: A new look at Internet access and the digital divide" <http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=88> This research is based primarily on a national telephone survey, but a key component was in-depth interviews with NEW Internet users, and what is significant about that for this list is that most of those took place at Baltimore area adult education programs that had just started doubling as CTCs. I don't know know (yet --I haven't actually read the thing) whether or how much the literacy issue is addressed in the report. Jeff Jeff Carter World Education Boston, MA (617) 482-9485 -------------- e-mail: jcarter@worlded.org <http://www.worlded.org>
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