In Media Access: Social and Psychological Dimensions of New Technology Use, editors Erik
P. Bucy and John E. Newhagen present the latest work, theoretical explorations, and …

Thischapterdevelopsadynamicview of using the new media for the participation in society.
Most everyday notions and many scientific analyses of the so-called “digital divide” are static …

Here, I have chosen to discuss three books in this area of inquiry. They cover the topic at
different levels and focus on different dimensions of access and use but they all contribute to …

From the Publisher: Information and Communication Technologies-Visions and Realities
illuminates the social and economic implications of advances in information and …

The study of digital and networked technologies is one of the fastest growing fields
ofresearch in the social sciences. New research on technology is adding to the literature of …

The technology adoption and use question has been extensively researched; however,
gaining synthesis in the literature has been challenging owing to the myriad of theoretical …

Politicians, civic leaders, and a host of other good-minded citizens agree that Internet access
is good. Some go so far as to see access to the Internet as a key to the reinvigoration of …

The multi-channel, multi-option television and the personal computer are two media
technologies that have dramatically altered the home media environment. New media …

Much of the debate about the digital divide has centered on the question of who has access
to computers and the Internet. The National Telecommunication and Information …

This article introduces critical perspective into the discussion of the digital divide, which is
commonly defined as the gap separating those individuals who have access to new forms of …