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 September).  Lower Income Users Get Online as Gap in Digital Divide
Closes, Adweek Midwest Edition, 41(38).

This article describes the results of a survey conducted by Media Metrix on 
Internet usage among households in the U.S.  As the diversity of Internet users 
continues, its households with an average income of $25K or less that represent 
the highest percentage of Internet newbies.  Although these households 
comprise less than 10 percent of the total Internet population, the survey showed 
that their numbers have risen nearly 50 percent over the past year.


Singleton, Solveig, and Lucas Mast (2000, November/December).  How Does the
Empty Glass Fill?  A Modern Philosophy of the Digital Divide, Educause Review,
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The authors argue that the digital divide is not a serious problem.  Even without 
government help, entrepreneurs are offering myriad services and products geared 
towards people in the lower economic brackets.  More of a problem, according to 
the authors, is the lack of basic skills in areas such as math and reading among 
younger people.


Thierer, Adam D.  (2000, July).  Is the Digital Divide a Virtual Reality?  Consumers
Research Magazine, 83(7).

This optimistic article discusses the public policy debate over the digital divide 
in the United States and argues that the history of the computer industry and the 
Internet in the U.S. is one of the most exciting stories of free market opportunity 
and entrepreneurial success.  The report further asserts that there is no digital 
divide crisis in America because people can obtain personal computers and 
access to the Internet at very little cost.  Moreover, the author states that federal 
entitlement programs will not facilitate the process; in fact, they might actually 
make things worse by putting pressure on computer prices to hold steady or 
increase.


Treviranus, Jutta and Norman Coombs (2000, October).  Bridging the Digital Divide in
Higher Education, In:  EDUCAUSE 2000:  Thinking IT Through.  Proceedings and
Post-Conference Materials, Nashville, Tennessee.

The emergence of the digital campus, and the rapid convergence of previously


	

	
		
			
				
					
						




						
							
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