Social Computing Group Blog » access http://socialcomp.com/blog Glimpses of Our Hive Mind Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:57:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 While mobile adoption is creating greate… http://socialcomp.com/blog/559 http://socialcomp.com/blog/559#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:01:45 +0000 Rob http://socialcomp.com/blog/559 While mobile adoption is creating greater access and participation among African American adults, for example, there are other groups who remain disproportionately offline, such as people living with chronic disease or disability. They may be missing out on opportunities, but just as importantly, we are missing their voices in the conversation.

Keep your eye on mobile adoption since “always connected” citizens are likely to be at the forefront, navigating the new health care delivery system and taking advantage of opportunities for political participation.

Pew Internet research shows that mobile could be a game-changer, but only for those who get in the game.

recent Pew Internet research report

]]> http://socialcomp.com/blog/559/feed 0 Gender, Information Technology, and Deve… http://socialcomp.com/blog/443 http://socialcomp.com/blog/443#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 21:17:02 +0000 Rob http://socialcomp.com/blog/443 Gender, Information Technology, and Developing Countries: An Analytic Study . A fairly comprehensive government report on women’s access to IT in developing countries. However, this is from 2001. I wonder if there is an updates report?

http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/wid/pubs/hafnoph.pdf

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