Over the past two decades, several scholarly works have examined the nature, causes, and consequences of the digital divide—a concept that addresses the gap between people who have access to internet technology and those who do not. But with the rapid evolution of technology, rising income inequality, and shifting needs of the economy, it is necessary to re-examine this concept. This book adopts an ethnographic approach to examine the social, educational and civic implications of the digital divided faced by black, Latino, and immigrant youths, and those from lower socioeconomic classes. The research yields almost 300 pages of detailed findings, rich with context and nuance, that is bound to be useful for future communication researchers working in the area of digital inequality, as well as educators looking to create a twenty-first-century curriculum for high school students. The research discussed in this book is based on the data collected over a period of one year from observations and in-depth interviews of students, faculty, and administrators at a majority-minority high school located in the outskirts of Austin, Texas. Based on their research, the authors challenge the popular belief of the deficit narrative that underprivileged young people are slow to adopt new internet technology, and that they lack access to computers and smartphones. Instead, the authors propose the asset narrative which posits that despite occupying a “digital edge,” characterized by intermittent broadband access, outdated hardware and

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数字优势：黑人和拉丁裔青年如何应对数字不平等

在过去的二十年里，一些学术著作研究了数字鸿沟的性质、原因和后果——这一概念解决了可以使用互联网技术的人和无法使用互联网技术的人之间的差距。但随着技术的快速发展、收入不平等的加剧以及经济需求的转变，有必要重新审视这一概念。本书采用人种学方法来研究黑人、拉丁裔和移民青年以及社会经济地位较低的青年所面临的数字鸿沟对社会、教育和公民的影响。该研究产生了近 300 页的详细发现，内容丰富，内容丰富，对未来在数字不平等领域工作的通信研究人员很有用，以及希望为高中生创建二十一世纪课程的教育工作者。本书中讨论的研究基于一年多来收集的数据，这些数据来自对德克萨斯州奥斯汀郊区一所少数族裔高中的学生、教职员工和管理人员的观察和深入访谈。根据他们的研究，作者挑战了普遍的赤字叙事，即贫困的年轻人采用新的互联网技术的速度很慢，而且他们无法使用电脑和智能手机。相反，作者提出了资产叙述，该叙述假定尽管占据了“数字优势”，其特点是宽带接入断断续续、硬件过时和 本书中讨论的研究基于一年多来收集的数据，这些数据来自对德克萨斯州奥斯汀郊区一所少数族裔高中的学生、教职员工和管理人员的观察和深入访谈。根据他们的研究，作者挑战了普遍的赤字叙事，即贫困的年轻人采用新的互联网技术的速度很慢，而且他们无法使用电脑和智能手机。相反，作者提出了资产叙述，该叙述假定尽管占据了“数字优势”，其特点是宽带接入断断续续、硬件过时和 本书中讨论的研究基于一年多来收集的数据，这些数据来自对德克萨斯州奥斯汀郊区一所少数族裔高中的学生、教职员工和管理人员的观察和深入访谈。根据他们的研究，作者挑战了普遍的赤字叙事，即贫困的年轻人采用新的互联网技术的速度很慢，而且他们无法使用电脑和智能手机。相反，作者提出了资产叙述，该叙述假定尽管占据了“数字优势”，其特点是宽带接入断断续续、硬件过时和 作者挑战了普遍的赤字叙述，即贫困青年采用新的互联网技术的速度很慢，而且他们无法使用电脑和智能手机。相反，作者提出了资产叙述，该叙述假定尽管占据了“数字优势”，其特点是宽带接入断断续续、硬件过时和 作者挑战了普遍的赤字叙述，即贫困青年采用新的互联网技术的速度很慢，而且他们无法使用电脑和智能手机。相反，作者提出了资产叙述，该叙述假定尽管占据了“数字优势”，其特点是宽带接入断断续续、硬件过时和