Of Interest
LINKS
- Pew Report on Internet Use (August 2008)
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Search_Aug08.pdf
- Participative Web and User-Created Content: Web 2.0, Wikis and Social Networking 124p, ISBN 978-92-64-03746-5, Published: Oct 2007 This study describes the rapid growth of UCC & its increasing role in worldwide communication. Free PDF e-book from OECD.
http://213.253.134.43/oecd/pdfs/browseit/9307031E.PDF
- Where Does the U.S. Really Stand on Broadband and Do Policy Makers Have the Tools to Know?
http://www.benton.org/?q=node/6256
- Technology & Media Use: Home Broadband Adoption 2007, Pew Internet Report June 2007: by John Horrigan & Aaron Smith 47% of adults have high-speed internet connections at home as of early March 2007.
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Broadband%202007.pdf
- Internet Passes Radio, Closes in on Television as “Most Essential” Medium in American Life (7 p. summary of Edison Res Rept, 2007)
http://www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/Q3%20Media%20Perceptions%20-%20large%20slides%20_2_.pdf
- Communication Rules editorial (HarrisInteractive Trends & Tudes V6#1 Fe 2007) by S. Martin & L. Crane examines communication tools such as the Internet, cell phones & text messaging, which young people seem to grasp rules for using.
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/k12news/HI_TrendsTudes_2007_v06_i02.pdf
- A review of national information and communication technologies (ICT) and a proposed National Electronic Initiative Framework (NEIF) by Alan R. Peslak (originally published in May 2006), First Monday.
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_5/peslak/index.html
- Your Guide to the Digital Divide by Mark Glaser gives an overview of the digital media revolution, annotated with online resources and tips.
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2007/01/digging_deeperyour_guide_to_th.html
- Magnifico: Science, literacy, and the internet? Understanding how young people evaluate information on the internet.
http://spotlight.macfound.org/main/entry/magnifico_science_literacy_and_the_internet/
- Latinos Online [Pew Hispanic Center Release] by Susannah Fox and Gretchen Livingston, is based on telephone surveys of 6,016 Latino adults, aged 18+, Jun 2006 – Oct 2006.
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=73
- A goal of the Macarthur Foundation digital media and learning initiative is to better understand how young people evaluate information that they find on the internet. Session on games and learning—report by Johathan Fanton.
http://spotlight.macfound.org/main/entry/games_panel_crowd/
- Study Shows Playing Video Games Can Change Behavior, Biology
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=233970
- Half of Adults Text, Blog, Use Other Social Media
http://www.marketingvox.com/more-than-half-of-us-adults-text-blog-otherwise-use-social-media-040208/
- New Literacies of the Internet Literacy expert Donald Leu addresses reading and writing strategies required for using the Internet and how these new literacies are changing the way we teach in grades 3-5.
http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/teachreading35/session5/index.html
- How Low-Resolution Displays Have Changed the Way We Read, Write, and Interact. J. Follett, Aug 2006, Digital Web Magazine
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/vision_quest/
- Internet World Usage Stats
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats2.htm
- Communication Technologies -- A Decision Tree for Users
http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/categories/blogsBlogging/2006/11/24.html
- Information Literacy: Research Perspective Peter Brophy PowerPoint
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C64B5AC3-BCFB-49B3-8C12-8D363FDAEE31/0/Brophy.ppt
- UNESCO and IFLA redesigned the Information Literacy Resources Directory with links to Web information literacy sites (including literacy materials from different parts of the world, on behalf of UNESCO ).
http://www.infolitglobal.info/.
- Stanford's Key to Information Literacy: an interactive tutorial
http://skil.stanford.edu/intro/index.html
- The Podcast Consumer Revealed, Aribtron/Edison Media Research Internet & Multimedia study
http://www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/2008/04/the_podcast_con_1.php
- For those interested in the Social Media "movement", see Power to the people, Social Media Tracker, Wave 3.0, March 2008 - Universal McCanns Global Research Into Impact of Social Media project to measure consumer usage, attitudes & interests in adopting social media platforms (stated to be the largest exploration of its kind) “to provide the facts behind the hype...”
http://www.universalmccann.com/Assets/wave_3_20080403093750.pdf
- One Fifth of Americans Never use the Internet?
Summary: http://www.lasarletter.net/drupal/node/447
full report: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-3470A2.pdf
- Information Technology: Agencies Need to Establish Comprehensive Policies to Address Changes to Projects' Cost, Schedule, and Performance Goals GAO-08-925, July 31, 2008
Summary: http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/abstract.php?rptno=GAO-08-925
Full Report (PDF, 53 pages): http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08925.pdf
- Information Literacy in a Digital World, Lynne Brindley: Power Point presentation
http://www.cilip.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4B47053F-F385-4436-902C-A1AE6CFE570F/0/brindley.ppt
Lower-Literacy & Accessible Internet
- Equity of Access: Igniting a Passion for Change. Why should libraries strive to provide equal access for all patrons?
http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=5507
- Ensuring Information Access for Low-Literate Adults (abstract & contact info only), Pam Whitten, Michael Mackert, Brad Love http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=103622778.html
- Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media
http://ncam.wgbh.org/
- RES-328-25-0025 - E Learning and the World Wide Web - Accessibility and Participation for People with Learning Disabilities, Andy Minnion
- Lower-Literacy Users. Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, March 14, 2005
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20050314.html
- Also, "New Study Shows Internet Users 50+ Are Rapidly Closing the Digital Divide with Booming Online Activity. News release: 42% of users 50+ check the Internet for news daily or several times a day, compared to 18% of users under 20.
http://www.aarp.org/research/press-center/presscurrentnews/new_study_released_by_the_center_for_the_digital_f.html
Health & IT
- Enhancing access to relevant health information. Kreps, G.L. (2002). In R. Carveth, S. B. Kretchmer, & D. Schuler (Eds.). Shaping the network society: Patterns for participation, action, and change (pp. 149-152). CPSR: Palo Alto, CA.
http://www.amia.org/meetings/s03/presentations/Access.pdf
- Accessible Health Information Technology (IT) for Populations with Limited Literacy: A Guide for Developers and Purchasers of Health IT, published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
- Health Information Literacy and Competencies of Information Age Students: Results From the Interactive Online Research Readiness Self-Assessment (RRSA). Ivanitskaya, L., O’Boyle, I., & Casey, A.M. (2006) Journal of Medical Internet Research, 8(2):e6
http://www.jmir.org/2006/2/e6/
- Online Health Information and Low-Literacy African Americans. Birru, M.S. and Richard A Steinman, R.A. (2004).Journal of Medical Internet Research, 6(3): e26.
http://www.jmir.org/2004/3/e26/HTML
- What do we mean by Internet access? A framework for health researchers. Bush N.E., Bowen D.J., Wooldridge J., Ludwig A., Meischke H., Robbins, R. (2004, October) Preventing Chronic Disease.
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2004/oct/04_0019.htm
- Accessing information about health and social care services, Picker Institute research for the UK Dept of Health (Apr 2007) found that too often services supposed to help people at a time of real need instead throw them back on their own resources, requiring their considerable time, effort & determination to get information relevant to their circumstances.
News release: http://www.pickereurope.org/Filestore/Downloads/News_release_access_to_information_for_health_and_social_care_service_users.pdf
Full report: http://www.pickereurope.org/Filestore/Publications/Information_access_final_web.pdf