CMST 301 Project 3

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Project 3: Research Paper

Introduction

For this research paper I chose Topic 10: The Digital Divide. I chose this topic because at a young age my father married a Puerto Rican. I shared a room with my Afro-Latino Step-Brother, Javier. He is Hispanic but also much darker than most Hispanics. From an early age I personally observed how we were treated differently. I am now married to a Puerto Rican myself with two mixed race boys. I personally observed my extended Hispanic family and my Wife’s family, how they live, the type of jobs they tend to hold, etc. I have always been curious how different socioeconomic circumstances influence access to vital technology and services that are paramount to education in today’s learning environment. I would like to learn more about how race, ethnicity, income level, and geographic location effect access to technology and services. I am also interested in how some of the circumstances and situations influence whether someone chooses to utilize this technology even if they did have access to it. Another issue I read about that peaks my interest, is how educators who adapted to the digital era are now teaching our students, who were raised in it.

Discussion (This is section 2)

All sources cited in References page already

Source 1 for this section. https://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf

Source 2 for this section.

Additional Research (This is section 3)

All sources cited in References page already, only 2 required

Source 1 for this section. PDF attached from library, Cohron, M. (2015). The Continuing Digital Divide in the United States. Serials Librarian, 69(1), 77–86.

Source 2 for this section https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/07/16/home-broadband-adoption-computer-ownership-vary-by-race-ethnicity-in-the-u-s/

Source 3 for this section https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/19/some-digital-divides-persist-between-rural-urban-and-suburban-america/

Source 4 for this section https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/06/22/digital-divide-persists-even-as-americans-with-lower-incomes-make-gains-in-tech-adoption/

Source 5 for this section https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/06/03/34-of-lower-income-home-broadband-users-have-had-trouble-paying-for-their-service-amid-covid-19/

References

Atske, S., & Perrin, A. (2021, September 10). Home Broadband Adoption, computer ownership vary by race, ethnicity in the U.S. Pew Research Center. Retrieved November 27, 2021, from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/07/16/home-broadband-adoption-computer-ownership-vary-by-race-ethnicity-in-the-u-s/.

Cohron, M. (2015). The Continuing Digital Divide in the United States. Serials Librarian, 69(1), 77–86. https://doi-org.ezproxy.umgc.edu/10.1080/0361526X.2015.1036195

McClain, C. (2021, June 3). 34% of lower-income home broadband users have had trouble paying for their service amid covid-19. Pew Research Center. Retrieved November 27, 2021, from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/06/03/34-of-lower-income-home-broadband-users-have-had-trouble-paying-for-their-service-amid-covid-19/.

Prensky, M. (2001, October). Digital Natives, digital immigrants - Marc Prensky. marcprensky.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021, from https://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf.

Vogels, E. A. (2021, October 19). Some digital divides persist between rural, urban and Suburban America. Pew Research Center. Retrieved November 27, 2021, from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/19/some-digital-divides-persist-between-rural-urban-and-suburban-america/.

Vogels, E. A. (2021, September 10). Digital divide persists even as Americans with lower incomes make gains in tech adoption. Pew Research Center. Retrieved November 27, 2021, from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/06/22/digital-divide-persists-even-as-americans-with-lower-incomes-make-gains-in-tech-adoption/.