From: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:30:00 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [173.79.57.172] (HELO new-host-3.home) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.9) with ESMTPS id 25342360 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:45:33 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-14-1048840020 Subject: Video "Digital Natives or Digital Naives?" & other meeting materials available X-Original-Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:45:32 -0500 References: <5D4E3B39-DD55-46F8-A945-F4ED09120B95@cni.org> X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition X-Original-Message-Id: <79053710-FA33-4157-BEA0-3E4B821B22A6@cni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) --Apple-Mail-14-1048840020 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Digital Natives or Digital Naives? The Role of Skill in Internet Use, = the closing plenary from CNI's fall 2013 membership meeting by Eszter = Hargittai (Northwestern University), is now online: YouTube: http://youtu.be/QnAw0BLKmdc Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/82059121 About this Talk The growing diffusion of information technologies influences people=92s = life chances and raises questions as to their ability to appropriate = digital media for their empowerment. Does the spread of information = technologies affect different population segments differently? If so, = which segments are most likely to benefit and which are most likely to = be left behind? Based on original data, the talk considers disparities = in people=92s Web use skills and how skills relate to what people do = online. Those who know how to navigate the Web=92s vast landscape can = reap significant benefits from it. In contrast, those who lack online = abilities may have a harder time dealing with certain logistics of = everyday life, may miss out on opportunities and may also obtain = incorrect information from unreliable sources or come to rely on = unsubstantiated rumors. Analyses suggest that skills are not randomly = distributed among users, rather, they depend on demographic and = socioeconomic factors as well as user context even when controlling for = access differences. Presentation Materials Now Available Check project briefing pages at = http://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2013/project-briefings-breakout-sessions/ for = slide decks and other presentation materials. Presenters who would like = their materials posted should deposit them in the meeting Dropbox folder = (instructions were sent previously), or send directly to sharon@cni.org. Look for more announcements soon on videos of other sessions from the = fall 2013 CNI meeting. To see all videos available from CNI, visit CNI's = video channels on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/cnivideo) and Vimeo = (http://vimeo.com/channels/cni). =20 ---- Diane Goldenberg-Hart Communications Coordinator | CNI 202-296-5098 | diane@cni.org www.cni.org | twitter.com/cni_org --Apple-Mail-14-1048840020 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Digital Natives or Digital Naives? = The Role of Skill in Internet Use, the closing plenary = from CNI's fall 2013 membership meeting by Eszter Hargittai = (Northwestern University), is now online:About this Talk
The growing diffusion of information technologies = influences people=92s=20 life chances and raises questions as to their ability to appropriate=20 digital media for their empowerment. Does the spread of information=20 technologies affect different population segments differently? If so,=20 which segments are most likely to benefit and which are most likely to=20= be left behind? Based on original data, the talk considers disparities=20= in people=92s Web use skills and how skills relate to what people do=20 online. Those who know how to navigate the Web=92s vast landscape can=20 reap significant benefits from it. In contrast, those who lack online=20 abilities may have a harder time dealing with certain logistics of=20 everyday life, may miss out on opportunities and may also obtain=20 incorrect information from unreliable sources or come to rely on=20 unsubstantiated rumors. Analyses suggest that skills are not randomly=20 distributed among users, rather, they depend on demographic and=20 socioeconomic factors as well as user context even when controlling for=20= access differences.


Look for more announcements soon on videos of other = sessions from the fall 2013 CNI meeting. To see all videos = available from CNI, visit CNI's video channels on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/cnivideo) and Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/channels/cni).=  


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Diane = Goldenberg-Hart
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