Proceedings
IAMCR/ICA
Symposium on the Digital Divide
November 15-17, 2001
University of Texas at Austin
PROGRAM
Friday, November 16
Plenary: Chair: Wolfgang
Donsbach, Dresden University of Technology
Francisco Proenza, Inter-American Development Bank
Jan Servaes, Catholic University of Brussels (Tom Jacobsen will read his paper)
Lloyd Morrisett, Markle Foundation
Morning
Sessions
Defining the Digital
Divide
Chair: Wolfgang Donsbach, Dresden University of Technology
Laura D. Stanley, University of California-San Diego, Beyond Access: Defining
the Digital Divide
John E. Newhagen, University of Maryland & Erik P. Bucy, Indiana University,
Routes to Media Access: Apprehending Internet Content
Davis Foulger, Oswego State University, Media Aristocracies, Network Resources,
and the Global Digital Divide
Intellectual Property and
Privacy Aspects of the Digital Divide
Chair: Laura Stein, University of Massachusetts
Benjamin Bates, Tamara Miller, Douglas Raber, University of Tennessee, Copyright
Policy and the Digital Divide: A Social Economic Perspective
Laura Stein, University of Massachusetts at Amherst & Nikhil Sinha, eFunds
Corporation, Information Access vs. Information Control: Intellectual Property
Policy in the Digital Era
David J. Phillips, University of Texas at Austin, Constructing a Privacy Divide:
Structuring Differential Protection of Privacy Interests
Dean Colby, University of Colorado at Boulder, Closing the Digital Divide: The
Imperative of Anonymous Networking
Projects
Chair: Gary Chapman, University of Texas at Austin
Scott Kaiser and Kenneth Rogerson, Duke University, Bridging the Digital Divide
Through Local Area Computer Technology Centers
Maarit Mckinen, Tampere University, The Internet as a Community Media: Bridging
the Digital Divide - Making Information Networks Part of Everyday Life in the
Neighborhoods of Tampere, Finland
Lon Berquist, Trinity University, San Antonio & Rondella Pugh, City of Austin
Office of Telecommunications, The City Role in Creating Digital Opportunities
Statistics: Lies, Damn Lies
Chair: Kenneth Hacker, New Mexico State University
James McConnaughey, NTIA, The Multiple Years of Analysis Using Census Data and
Why the Digital Divide Continues to Exist
Jan Van Dijk, University of Twente, The Ideology Behind “Closing Digital
Divides”: Applying Static Analysis to Dynamic Gaps
Steve Yonish & Yed Kolko, Forrester Research, Why the Digital Divide Data
Show What They Show
John Horrigan, Pew Internet and American Life Project, Internet Access and Surfing
Patterns Among Different Groups
Respondent: Rod Carveth, NCA Task Force on the Digital Divide
Perspectives on the Digital
Divide
Chair: Tatiana Flores, Fulbright Scholar, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Miya Göktepeli and Christian Christensen, University of Texas at Austin,
Defining and Curing the Digital Divide: EU and US Approaches
Natalya Krasnoboka, Iordan Iossifov, and Tim Rathmann, Amsterdam University,
A Digital dimension of the European Divide: Ukraine and the Netherlands
Heinz Bonfadelli and Mirko Marr, Zurich University, Diversity or Integration
— The Political Impact of the Internet
Afternoon
Sessions
Digital Divide and
Civil Society
Chair: Craig Watkins, University of Texas at Austin
R.M.K. Sinha, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Multilinguality and the
Global Digital Divide
Daya Thussu, Goldsmiths College, London University, The Global Digital Divide
and a Privatized Intelsat
Chris Paterson, University of San Francisco, The Digital Divide and the Challenge
to Indigenous Journalism
Global Digital Divide
Chair: Antonio LaPastina, Texas A&M University
Thomas Jacobson & George A. Barnett, State University of New York at Buffalo,
A Political Solution To the Global Digital Divide
Douglas Boyd, University of Kentucky, The New Age of Digital International Radio:
What It means for the Digitally Divided World
Peter Monge, University of Southern California, & Sorin Matei, University
of Kentucky, The Impact of Globalization on the Digital Divide
Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, Aarhus University, Digital Divide in the Domain Name
System
Diffusion of Technology
and the Digital Divide
Chair: Hannah Gourgey, Capital Area Training Foundation, Austin
James Galbraith, Umar Serajuddim, Qifie Wang, University of Texas at Austin,
Does Income Inequality Effect Technology Diffusion? A Cross-Country Study
Olle Findahl, Umeå University, What Does the Digital Divide Look Like?
The Example of Sweden
Regional Studies I
Chair: Antonio La Pastina, Texas A&M University
Martha Fuentes & Joe Straubhaar, The University of Texas, Improving Public
Internet Access in Brazil: Moving Beyond Connectivity
Ran Wei, University of South Carolina, Digital Divide in Mobile Telephone Technology:
An Asian Perspective
Han W. Park, State University of New York at Buffalo, Digital Divide Among Community
Network Users in Korea
Cognitive and Affective
Aspects of Interacting with the Internet
Chair: Chuck Whitney, University of Texas at Austin
Frank Biocca, Michigan State University, HomeNetToo: Using Cultural and Cognitive
Style Research to Help Close the Digital Divide
Erik P. Bucy, Indiana University, The Warmer Side of the Digital Divide: Emotional
and Evaluative Responses to On-line Content
Muneo Kaigo, Tsukuba University, & Teruyoshi Sasaki, Dokkyo University,
Cognitive and Affective Factors of New Information and Communication Technology
Usage and the Digital Divide in Japan
Critical Policy Studies
Chair: Robert Wilson, University of Texas, Austin
S. Adefemi Sonaike, Central Connecticut State University, Internet and the Dilemma
of Africa’s Development
T.R. Gopalakrishnan, University of Madras, Beyond Digital Divide: An Exploration
of ICT Application for Poverty Alleviation Initiatives
Wayne Hope & Peter Hoar, Auckland University of Technology, Internet Development
and the “Digital Divide” in New Zealand
Regional Studies II
Chair: Ole Prehn, Aalborg Univarsitet
Sandhya Rao, Southwest Texas State University, Urban Digital ‘Haves’
and ‘Have Nots’ in India: What Difference Does Internet Access and
Usage Make?
Md Shahid Uddin Akbar, Unicorn Systems, Beyond the Digital Divide: Bangladesh
Aspect
Sandra G. Carter, Manchester College, Mobile Phones, Téléboutiques
and Cybercafés in Morocco: Talk, Talk, Talk
Age and Gender Aspects of
the Digital Divide
Chair: Mary Kearney, University of Texas at Austin
Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green State University, Vinnie Gajjala, University
of Toledo, & Annapurna Mamidipudi, Dastkar Andhra, Secunderabad, E-commerce
and Virtual Community: Information Communication Systems and Designs Economic
and Socio-Cultural Forces That Shape the Digital Divide
Muncho Kim, Korea University & Jongkil Kim, Duksung Women’s University,
A Critical Reexamination of Digital Divide
Yong-chan Kim, Joo-Young Kim, Wan-Ying Lin, & Pauline Cheong, University
of Southern California, Internet Connectedness of Teenagers in Seoul, Singapore
and Taipei
Bridging the Digital Divide
Chair: Lodis Rhodes, University of Texas at Austin
Margaret Cintorino, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Lessons From a Computer
Skills Program for Low Income Teenagers
Marie A. Mater, Houston Baptist University, Building Digital Bridges: the UNITED
Initiative
Barbara A. Drake, Dallas Area Technology Alliance & Peter A. Battaglia,
El Centro College, How Community-Based Organizations Impact the Digital Divide
Austin Experience in Public
Access, Community Technology: The Good, the Bad, the Totally Distinctive
Chair: Ana Sisnett, Austin Free-net
Panelists
Ana Sisnett, Austin Free-net
Suzanne Hershey, Knowbility
Leroy Smith, Community Technology and Training Center
Hannah Gourgey, Community Technology and Training Center
Evening Reception
Presentation by Ana Boaventura, University of Texas
“Art of the Global digital Divide”
Saturday, November 17
Plenary: Chair: John Downing,
University of Texas at Austin
Jorge Schement, Pennsylvania State University
Joseph Straubhaar, University of Texas at Austin
Morning
Sessions
Conceptualizing the
Digital Divide
Chair: Manuel Pares i Maicas, IAMCR President
Peter Golding and Graham Murdock, Loughborough University, Back to Basics: The
Sociology and Politics of the Digital Divide
David C. Niece, Sussex University, & Robin Mansell, London School of Economics,
Inside Tier II of the “Digital Divide”
Tim Rudd, BECTa, Digital Divides in Britain and the Work of Bourdieu
TIPI/RUPRI Panel on Telecommunications
and Rural Economies
Chair: Greg Bischak, Appalachian Regional Commission
Erik Abbott, Iowa State University, "Digital Divide or Digital Quilt?"
Rural Communities, Farmers and the Digital Transformation"
Kyle Nicholas, Old Dominion University, Rural Access Issues
Seung-Hwan Mun, University of Texas at Austin, Bridging a Two-Tiered Information
Society: A Study of the Bandwidth Divide in Texas
Telecenters and Community
Technology Centers
Chair: Francisco Proenza, Inter-American Development Bank
Lucía Castellón Aguayo, Diego Portales University, The Digital
Divide in Chile
Pedro Hepp & Rodrigo Garrido, Universidad de la Frontera, A Network of Telecenters
for Community Development and Participation
Pratibha Shukla, University of North Texas, Krishna P. Kandath & Everett
M. Rogers, University of New Mexico, The Internet and the Digital Divide in
Africa, Latin America and Asia
Royal Colle, Cornell University, The Challenges in the Telecenter Movement
Political Participation
and the Digital Divide
Chair: David Phillips, University of Texas at Austin
Rousiley C.M. Maia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, The Digital Divide:
Public Sphere and Problems of Discourse and Deliberation
Eric J. Jenner, Louisiana State University, Political Engagement and the Digital
Divide
Antonio Claudio Brasil, Rio de Janeiro State University, Exploring Alternative
Television News in the Internet: A New Approach to Restraining the Digital Divide
in Brazil
ORBICOM Round Table on the
Methodological Challenges of a Digital Divide Index: From Infostate to Infoskills
Chair: Pierre Giguere, Ambassador-in-Residence, International Secretariat-ORBICOM,
Canada
Panelists
George Sciadas (Canada) and Chin Saik Yoon (Malaysia), Scientific Co-Directors,
ORBICOM-CIDA Digital Divide Index Project.
Jose Carreno Carlon, UNESCO Chair Holder, Telecommunications and Society, Head
of the Department of Communications, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.
Subash Joshi, Group Director, Development and Educational Communication Unit,
Government of India, Ahmedabad, India.
Ellen Wartella, Orbicom Chair Holder and Dean, College of communication, University
of Texas at Austin, USA
Afternoon
Sessions
Framing the Digital Divide
Karen Gustafson, University of Texas at Austin, Changing Conceptualization of
the Digital Divide in Mainstream US Press Coverage
Duncan H. Brown, & Phyllis W. Bernt, Ohio University, Framing the Debate:
The Use of the Term “A Digital Divide” in Congressional Hearings
Christina Courtright & Alice Robbin, Indiana University, Deconstructing
the Digital Divide in the United States: An Interpretive Policy Analytic Perspective
Concetta M. Stewart, Mary S. Pileggi & Gisela Gil-Egui, Temple University,
Examining the Digital Divide: Toward a New Theoretical Framework for Policy-Making
in the Cyberage
TIPI/RUPRI Panel on Rural
Aspects of the Digital Divide
Chair: Harmeet Sawhney, Indiana University
Norma Pecora, Daniel Riffe, Michael Real & Kathy Krendl, Ohio University,
The Reality of the Digital Divide: The Appalachian Region of Ohio
Sharon Strover & Nobuya Inagaki, University of Texas at Austin, Findings
from the Appalachian Region
Niranjala D Weerakoddy, Deakin University, Technology and Power: The Intranet
and Marginalization at a State-Owned Organization in Rural Australia
Gene Crick, Telecommunity Resource Center, Bastrop Texas, Community Networking
Efforts
New Ways to Conceptualize
and Measure the Divide
Chair: Craig Scott, University of Texas at Austin
Michael Jäckel, Inclusion, Exclusion and the Diversity of Interests: Is
“Digital Divide” an Adequate Perspective?
Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Yong-Chan Kim, William E. Loges, & Joo-Young Jung,
University of Southern California, Measuring Ecological Relationship Between
the Internet and Individuals: Revisiting the Internet Connected-ness Index
Toby J. Arquette, Northwestern University, Crossing the Chasm from Divide to
Opportunity: The IIQ as a Method for Observing and Measuring the Transition
Toward E-Development
Digital Divide, “Race”
and Class
Chair: Graham Murdock, Loughborough University
Patrick Hadley & Steve McDowell, Florida State University, Telecommunications
Governance, Border Communities and the Digital Divide
Viviana Rojas, Zeynep Tufekci & Joseph Straubhaar, Ethnicity, Class and
Competition in the Field of Information and Communication Technology
Debasmita Roychowdhury and Ozlem Okur, University of Texas, Gender, Class and
the Digital Divide in East Austin
NCA Digital Divide Task
Force Panel Strategies for Empowering Communities
Chair: Susan B. Kretchmer, The Johns Hopkins University
Rod Carveth, Texas Tech University
Michael Gurstein, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Nancy Kranich, American Library Association
Susan B. Kretchmer, The Johns Hopkins University
Jorge Schement, Pennsylvania State University
Information Flows
Chair: Denis McQuail, Southampton University
Robert Hawkins, Suzanne Pingree, David H. Gustafson, Karen Julesberg, Fiona
McTavish, William Stengle, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Is It Feasible for
the Disadvantaged to Ride the Information Highway? Preliminary Report of a Pilot
Project for Breast Cancer Patients
Craig R. Scott, University of Texas at Austin, Digital Divides Within and Between
Organizations: Differences in Access to Various Technologies, Key Communication
Partners and Relevant Organizational Information
Margit Böck, Vienna University, and Gunther Kress, Institute of Education,
London University, Social Inequalities, Differential Access and the Potential
for Participation in the Information Society
Portals and Networks
Chair: Kyle Nicholas, Old Dominion University
Wiebke Loosen, Hamburg University, The Second Level Digital Divide: Technical
and Economic Implications Dividing the Web
Martha Fuentes-Bautista, Elizabeth MacLean & Loreto Caro, University of
Texas at Austin, Can Commercial Byways Bridge the Content Gap? A Comparative
Content Analysis of Pan-Latino Portals
Tamara A. Trownsell, Networks and Infomediaries: Strategies for Local Development
Ethnographic Studies, Schools
Chair: Sandra Carter, Manchester College
Scott Webber and Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Colorado, Boulder, At Least
He’s Reading: Ethnography, the WWF and Computer Use at Public Schools and
a Community Center
Linda Heuertz, Andrew Gordon et al., University of Washington, Public Libraries
and the Digital Divide: A Preliminary Analysis
Rod Carveth, Texas Tech University, & J. Cherie Strachan, State University
of New York at Albany, Implications of the Digital Divide for Efforts to Revitalize
Social Capital
TIPI/RUPRI Panel on Policy
Aspects of the Rural Digital Divide
Chair: Sharon Strover, University of Texas at Austin
Jorge Schement, Penn State University
Rowland Curry, Austin, TX
Ricardo Ramírez, Canada, Associate Consultant and researcher, Telecommons.com
Billy Jack Gregg, Consumer Advocate, Public Utility Commission, West Virginia