Digital Divide Videos

Speaker: Henry Law, Volunteer, OLPC.Asia. Software Freedom Day 2009, Hong Kong

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Author: Free Press E-mail: mediaminutes@freepress.net The cell phone industry not only engages in price-gouging, but its anti-competitive practices have left the United States wireless industry lagging behind the rest of the world. And university scholars, city and state government, and private enterprise are working to bridge the digital divide in Chicago. Link: http://www.freepress.net/mediaminutes read more

BBC News report on how social networking and other communication technologies have been used by the people of Iran to share information about the feelings of the official result from elections.

Convegno sul Digital Divide presso la Provincia di Roma

The Codebreakers A BBC World Documentary on FOSS and DevelopmentA two-part documentary, The Codebreakers was aired on BBC World TV during May 2006. It investigates how poor countries are using FOSS applications for development, and includes stories and interviews from around the world. A 40-minute version of The Codebreakers is now available for free download online. The famous digital divide is getting wider. A two-part documentary, The Codebreakers aired on BBC World starting 10 May 2006 examines whether free/open source software (FOSS) might be the bridge? - http://www.tveap.org/?q=node/295

Katy Pearce a graduate student in Communication speaks about her experiences in the Former Soviet regions of Central Asia and the Caucasus with respect to technology and internet use. Katy discusses her work with both School Connectivity Programs in Armenia and Azerbaijan, funded by the U.S. State Department to build telecom infrastructure, provide internet access to secondary schools and train school communities as well as regional grass-roots blogging and podcasting projects. Katy also discusses future research opportunities. Original recorded as part of UC Santa Barbara's Center for Information Technology & Society's 2006 Fall Quarter lecture series, November 17, 2006.