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Who's Responsible for the Digital Divide? The Answer May Surprise You

Tech Soup

In their study, the authors found that the definition of the digital divide "problem" had important consequences for what people thought was an appropriate solution: Defining the issue in terms of access to technology makes people more likely to think government organizations and corporations should address the problem.

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Overhead: Time to Pull Our Heads Out of the Sand?

Connection Cafe

In terms of external actions, five options were selected most frequently: protest/petition/testify; join others to protest; urge advocacy groups to apply pressure; encourage donors to sign a petition or call government representatives; and use media to call attention to issue.

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

Somebody else has got to save the polar bears, I've got to save myself," is sort of the basic attitude. The government needs to get involved. The government doesn't need to put everybody to work necessarily, though it may get to that point. It is actually really understandable. That is the political challenge.

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