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Reaching rural America with Broadband Internet Service

by Sharon Strover, 100 Days in AppalachiaFebruary 14, 2018 To wire, or not to wire? That is the question many are asking when figuring out how to get broadband to the farthest reaches of the country. All across the U.S., rural communities’ residents are being left out of modern society and the 21st century economy. […]

Internet, Society

How the shift to online health care may affect Foreign born Latinos

by Hannah Guzik, California Health ReportAugust 8, 2016 Health information is increasingly disseminated online, but Latinos who emigrated to the U.S. may have trouble accessing it, resulting in a health care gap, a new study reports. Researchers found that 53.4 percent of Latinos in California who use the Internet looked for health information online. About […]

Technology

Now is the time for social innovation

by Marguerite Mendell. Originally published on Policy OptionsJuly 7, 2016 The Trudeau government took office last fall announcing it would reverse Canada’s lagging productivity and competitiveness by investing in social innovation. But it has broken new ground by stating that for its social innovation strategy to succeed, it will require greater collaboration across all ministries […]

Technology

Technology Feels Like It’s Accelerating — Because It Actually Is

By Alison E. Berman and Jason Dorrier -Mar 22, 2016 “Technology goes beyond mere tool making; it is a process of creating ever more powerful technology using the tools from the previous round of innovation.” –Ray Kurzweil A decade ago, smartphones (as we know them by today's standards) didn't exist. Three decades earlier, no one even owned a computer. Think about […]

Technology

Google wants more mobile-friendly websites in its mobile searches

Sam Hinton, University of CanberraApril 21, 2015 When you search Google on a mobile device, any website that is not mobile-friendly will be harder to find from today. Depending on the website, this may translate to fewer visitors, an apocalyptic scenario that has been dubbed “mobile-geddon”. Being ranked highly on Google search results is important […]

Technology

This is Spartan! But is it the end for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer?

Sam Hinton, University of CanberraApril 1, 2015 Love it or hate it, Internet Explorer (IE) has been Microsoft’s window on the web for almost 20 years. In the rapidly evolving online world this is a ripe old age, and now Microsoft has decided it is time for IE to hand over the baton. Starting with […]

Society, Technology

Adapting to electronic health records, but not without challenges

by Robert Fulton, California Health ReportSeptember 11, 2013 When the South Central Family Health Center adopted electronic health records last year, physician David Noya was keenly aware of the need to not get too engrossed with note taking and maintain a connection with the patient sitting in front of him. “I always keep myself in […]

Internet

New Internet world: Global perspectives on freedom of expression

by Margaret Weigel, The Journalist's ResourceJanuary 25, 2012 Nations around the globe have a wide variety of policies toward the Internet. Many allow essentially unrestricted access. Others have strict laws that hold sites accountable for content and publication of personal information. Some filter or block sites. To date, there has been limited research comparing online […]

Internet

Weapon of the strong? Participatory inequality and the Internet

by Christopher Olver, The Journalist's ResourceJune 1, 2011 From fundraising and campaigning to organization and voter recruitment, the Internet has changed electoral politics in America. Because of the Web's inherently open nature, it was thought that its use would reduce the socioeconomic inequality in U.S. politics, where more affluent citizens and groups often have higher […]

Website Programming

Programming, Not Coding: Infoskills for Journalists

Tony HirstApril 30, 2010 A recent post on the journalism.co.uk site asks: How much computer science does a journalist really need?, commenting that whilst coding skills may undoubtedly be useful for journalists, knowing what can be achieved easily in a computational way may be more important, because there are techies around who can do the coding […]

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