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ERIC Number: EJ689466
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jul
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
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The Legacy of the Digital Divide
Ching, Cynthia; Basham, James; Jang, Eunice
Urban Education, v40 n4 p394-411 Jul 2005
This study investigates how college students' current levels of technology use might be affected by digital divide issues. Survey data were collected from 130 students in colleges of education at two midwestern universities. Factor analysis yielded that students' uses of technology can be described using three broad categories: entertainment, communication, and construction. Each is important to consider, in that high levels of use across categories indicate a broad base of technology skills. Multiple regression results indicate that male students from higher family income levels who had access to a computer at home before age 10 show significantly higher levels of full-spectrum technology use than other demographic groups. Students' age of first encounter with computers at school had no significant impact on their full-spectrum technology use. These results have implications for how we address digital divide issues, and the article discusses what may be critical differences between home and school access.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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