Hi Melissa and Everyone, I was a student in Adelaide, South Australia. Australia has just reopened its High Commission here in Ghana. I just got a message from the new High Commissioner. Look forward to throwing another shrimp on the barbie!
Seriously, I am also new to this network. Although I agree with the Economist that "digital divide" is pretty old hat - sitting in Ghana, I do not feel I am on the same level at all. It is much more than a divide within one ontological space. For more of my views on this go to http://sohne.net and look for the mp3 file - podcast without knowing? of Chris Lydon's Wide World radio programme - I have found the list and associated resources very usefuil. Please point me specifically to the reading by Andy that you mention. amos On Thu, 19 May 2005 09:29:02 +1000, "Melissa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hello Everyone > > my name is Melissa Jennings. I am a Creative Industries > (media & communication) & Business (Public Relations) > student at QUT in Brisbane Australia... i was very excited > to stumble across your website & then even more to find this > discussion list while i was looking for some extra > information about the digital divide. It was very odd > actually because only a couple of weeks ago i had a set > reading to do of the speech that Andy Carvin did > called "Beyond Access: Understanding the Digital Divide" at > the NYU Third Act Conference back in 2000. & now i happen to > find this website that he is the key instigator for it > seems. > > i thought the reading was very insightful because he spoke > of the other reasons (other than access) that lead to the > digital divide. It is important to realise these other > factors such as literacy (at all levels), and content etc > because but when you have been taught that it is mainly > about ACCESS the whole time it is interesting to look at > these other factors & say oh yeah of course thats right why > didnt i think of that before. I noticed that i wasnt the > only one thinking this when i had a look through the > discussion list archives. > > i look forward to gaining more of an insight about the > digital divide over time through reading and posting in this > discussion list. > > Melissa Jennings > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Media & Communication Student > Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. -- Amos Anyimadu [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
