Glossary Entry – Digital Division

The definition of digital division is the cultural division caused by limited access to computers and internet in today’s society. This division most often affects the people in the low income bracket who cannot afford to purchase a computer or internet access and the elderly, who have not grown up using computers. Many [...]

Access, Surveillance and Other Absurdities

The past few classes of CultureNet have really got me thinking. Learning about the Community Access Program, reading the conclusion of the Slack and Wise Primer, media discussions in Communications 112 and hearing Dr. Sharla Sava’s talk about surveillance have totally altered the way I look at society and our relationship with technology. As a [...]

Position Paper #3

How have I helped the community? I asked myself this after listening to Kalia’s presentation on the Community Access Group. I found it strange to hear about a problem that I have not given much thought to. The problem in this case is that new communications technologies, like the Internet, are not accessible to members [...]

CAP YI – Community Access Program Youth Initiative

CAP YI is an acronym for Community Access ProgramYouth Initiative. A program that takes 50 young adults, every year, between the ages of fifteen and thirty and hires them for a minimum of four months to work as a part of the CAPprogram at one of the many CAP sites. The CAP sites are dedicated [...]

CAP – Is Losing Government Funding Really That Bad?

CAP is an acronym for what is known as the Community Access Program, a program committed to helping people of all ages get access and knowledge about computers and their applications, especially the internet. CAP offers what are known as CAP sites, which for the most part are run by volunteers, in which people of [...]