EDUC 118 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: New Media & Society, Informal Learning, Socioeconomics
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The internet for empowerment of minority and marginalized users bharat mehra, Citation: mehra, b. merkel, c. & bishop, a. p. (2004). The internet for empowerment of minority and marginalized users. In their article on using the internet to empower minorities and marginalized users, mehra, merkel, and. Bishop explain that disparities in technology access and use are related to socioeconomics status, with factors such as income, educational level, and race that are associated with technological attainment, creating the digital divide (mehra, et al. , 2004, p. 282) Subsequently, he became known in his social network as someone who could use the internet to get information needed by friends and family members (mehra, et al. , 2004, p. 785) o. This discovery mirrors the findings of a study conducted by hamilton in 1999 who found that unexpected events in people"s lives often gave rise to the need for people to gain expertise in new literacy areas (mehra, et al. ,
