Computer ownership; Digital divide; minority communities
Abstract :
[en] Chapter discredits the idea that most Americans are online, pointing out that African Americans and Latinos are 1/3 as likely to have a computer at home, are less employed so less online at work, and Latino immigrants may not be aware of community resources like public access computers at the library. The chapter also describes past and present ideas as to why this difference persists.
Disciplines :
Library & information sciences
Author, co-author :
Rivas, Salvador ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Digital inequality among U.S. Latinos: What do we know? What do we want to know?
Publication date :
28 March 2008
Event name :
eChicago 2007
Event organizer :
Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Event place :
River Forest, Illinois, United States
Event date :
20-04-2007
By request :
Yes
Main work title :
Understanding and Implementing Local Community Use of Information Technology
Editor :
Williams, Kate
Publisher :
Dominican University GSLIS and University of Illinois GSLIS
