Cross-Cultural Comparison

Applied Final Project – Part 1: Annotated Bibliography

BEHS 103: Technology in Contemporary Society

WORKSHEET

Social Issue or Topic: The Digital Divide

Step 1: Bibliographic List: List your scholarly articles (minimum 3) in correct APA format.

1. Making sense of innovations: A comparison of personal computers and mobile phones

· Ozge, D. (2013) Making sense of innovations: A comparison of personal computers and mobile phones. Media & Society.146-1666

2. Race and Racism in Internet Studies: A review and Critique

· Jessie D. (2012) Race and racism in Internet Studies: A review and critique. Media & Society. 5 695-719

3. The digital divide shifts to differences in usage

· Jan, A. (2013). The digital divide shifts to differences in usage. Media & Society.10-11

Step 2: Indicate where you obtained each of your articles. Google Scholar? UMUC Library Database? Other search?

Article	Search Tool
Making sense of innovations: A comparison of personal computers and mobile phones	UMUC Library
Race and racism in Internet Studies: A review and critique	UMUC Library
The digital divide shifts to differences in usage	UMUC Library

Step 3: Select three (3) of your articles and present Annotations for each of these three articles.

Article 1: Annotation for Article about Innovations:

Ozge, D. (2013) Making sense of innovations: A comparison of personal computers and mobile phones. Media & Society.146-1666

According to the article, the perception of people towards technology is different and therefore it is not easy for one to really classify whether two people can mean the same thing when they say digital divide for example when one society talks about the perception, the meaning could be different from one another person means. For there to be uniformity in perception, there has to be a policy which can provide a uniform ground for ICT to operate. The author of the article brings out the various roles that policy can play in the development of ICT especially when it comes to innovation. The relevance of this article to the digital divide is policies actually determine the level of ICT use within a given society, the article talks about the various elements of technology like phones and computers and how they apply in the digital world.

Article 2: Annotation for Article about race and racism in Internet studies:

Jessie D. (2012) Race and racism in Internet Studies: A review and critique. Media & Society. 5 695-719

The article addresses the various issues that arise due to social differences of societies which can include culture. Being an social and media writer the author of the articles brings out issues that encourage and determine how technology is used based on such issues like race. The article brings in the relevance of digital divide by focusing on how people of different races use technology mostly the internet. The articles about how people of different races of the world access internet as compared to others. Race plays in when it comes to accessing technology because different races are located in different places which mean that there is a possibility of such to happen along the level of development for the nations where they come from.

When it comes to the digital divide, a person who comes from a certain society could be advantaged for the simple reason that they come from a certain society as defined by race.

Article 3: Annotation for Article about the digital divide:

Jan, A. (2013). The digital divide shifts to differences in usage. Media & Society.10-11

According to the article, there are many issues that cause the digital divide or the gaps that exist when it comes to the use of technology. The author brings out these issues in order to help the reader to understand that some of the factors can look to be irrelevant. Being a technology oriented writer he examines the various aspects that shift the paradigms when it comes to using technology among societies. This article is very relevant to the topic because it gives first hand information that relate to the digital divide. The main points that stick out in the article are the factors that lead to digital divide and possible explanations concerning the same. Some of the things that are mentioned the article actually relate to the choices and decisions to use technology as limited by the listed factors like age, sex etc.