Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: D11590
Notes:
3 pages., Online from publisher website. 2 pages., Report explains that more than $1 billion are "flowing to 126 communities in 38 states and tribal lands to build broadband networks." Author summarizes a Federal Communications Commission resource page explaining why rural broadband is so important.
Langa, Zakes (author), Conradie, Pieter (author), and Roberts, Benjamin (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2006-03
Published:
South Africa
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 154 Document Number: C25054
Notes:
Retrieved December 9, 2006, Chapter 7 in Udesh Pillay, Benjamin Roberts and Stephen Rule (eds.), South African social attitudes: changing times, diverse voices. Human Sciences Research Council, HSRC Press, Cape Town, South Africa. 400 pages., "the digital divide is likely to remain with us in the medium to long term, thus reinforcing the gap between the included and the excluded." Authors examine the divide and the socio-economic factors related to it.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D07406
Notes:
Online from Free Press, Florence, Massachusetts. 2 pages., Provides links to stories and video case examples of the experiences and circumstances of those who lack access to broadband information services for a variety of reasons.
