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Peer reviewedBeckles, Colin – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1997
Analyzes struggles faced by African Americans regarding internet use by discussing how race and class based factors block many African Americans from cyberspace access and participation. Examines how the lives of African Americans on the World Wide Web and in real life are further hampered by violent, white racist internet use and briefly…
Descriptors: Blacks, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Costs
Download full textPanyarachun, Anand – 1999
This paper discusses information gateways and equal access to information. Highlights include: the development of the physical infrastructure of libraries; globalization as it relates to the use of software; Internet controls such as the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act; the psycho-social component of libraries; computer literacy and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Children, Computer Literacy, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedMestre, Lori S. – Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 1997
Discusses how to provide effective Internet instruction to Latino students in higher education. Topics include cultural issues, computer literacy inequalities, the Internet as a motivating influence, broadening students' world views, learning styles, and implications for librarians. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Cognitive Style, Computer Literacy, Cultural Differences
