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Dossier coordonné par Divina Frau-Meigs (Sorbonne Nouvelle), Éric Bruillard (ENS Cachan) et Éric Delamotte (Université de Rouen), rassemblant onze contributions et une bibliographie en annexe autour du thème de la culture de l'information. Les chercheurs s'attachent à définir dans leurs domaines respectifs un certain nombre de notions permettant de délimiter plus clairement les contours du terme "information".

À peine un citoyen sur cinq n'a pas l'internet chez lui, mais dans ce groupe, les personnes à faible revenu sont surreprésentées. Un handicap dans les relations avec les entreprises et les services publics.

"he international 'digital divide' is closing as a steady fall in worldwide costs of telephone and broadband Internet services has enabled a number of developing countries to expand their access to information and communication technology (ICT), the United Nations telecoms agency says in a report released today. Measuring the Information Society 2012, produced by the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU), says that developing countries now account for the "lion's share" of market growth in the mobile sector, according to an ITU press release detailing the report. The report also shows that the ICT sector has not only become a major contributor to economic growth, but is especially so in developing countries, where global exports of ICT goods accounted for 20 per cent of their merchandise trade in 2010, compared to 12 per cent world wide. "While prices in developed economies have stabilized, those in developing countries continue to fall at double-digit rates," ITU stated in a news release on the report. But, ITU said, the digital divide - generally defined as the difference in levels of ICT access between developed and developing countries - remains significant."

Connect2Compete is a national nonprofit organization bringing together leaders from communities, the private sector, and leading foundations. Through our programs and the power of technology, we will improve the lives of Americans - regardless of their age, race, geography, income, or education level. The use of technology to access educational content is necessary to ensure future generations can compete in the global economy and to prepare them for the 21st century workforce. Connect2Compete will help Americans access technology through three exciting offers: free digital literacy training, discounted high-speed Internet, and low-cost computers. To promote the work, Connect2Compete will create a national outreach campaign focused on the importance of technology to develop digital skills and find new opportunities.

Selon un rapport, les moins de 20 ans, dits «génération Z» ne sont pas si compétents avec les nouvelles technologies. Ils les utiliseraient plus dans un but récréatif que formateur.

Une nouvelle étude montre comment les technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC) favorisent concrètement l'accès durable des populations de la base de la pyramide (BoP) à l'éducation, la santé, les services agricoles ou les services financiers.

Macommunaute.ca est un projet de L'Avenue inc., une entreprise d'économie sociale, vouée depuis plus de quinze ans à la démocratisation des technologies de l'information auprès des groupes communautaires et des populations défavorisées de Montréal. L'Avenue exploite également un réseau de 63 centres d'accès communautaires à Internet dans la région montréalaise, conçoit des sites internet, offre de la formation et du soutien technique auprès des OBNL.

With this map, Gregor Aisch tried to visualize the global digital divide. It shows more than 80,000 populated places in blue and about 350,000 locations of IP addresses in red. White dots indicate places where many people live and many IP addresses are available.

Les enseignants du CEGEP de St-Félicien au Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean (Québec, Canada) sont les auteurs d'un blog collectif sur l'actualité des TIC, espace Web particulièrement dynamique : Actualitic, Enseigner ici et maintenant. L'actualité des technologies de l'information et de la communication pour l'éducation fait l'objet d'une veille active et attentive avec la publication d'articles à propos d'outils, de ressources, de projets du CEGEP, de contenu pédagogique. Mais ce blog se distingue par un coffre à outils pédagogiques : une page consacrée à des logiciels et des sites Web utiles en situation de formation et pour la plupart gratuits ou libres classés en 18 thématiques. http://actualitic.cstfelicien.qc.ca/

The Internet Age is here.  The effective use of this technology and all that it can provide is a key to success for businesses and individuals.  Knowing this, the Obama Administration seeks to ensure that all Americans have affordable access to broadband Internet services.  Accomplishing that goal, however, requires a set of facts about Internet use that can underpin and guide this policy objective. In Exploring the Digital Nation: Home Broadband Internet Adoption in the United States, the Commerce Department fulfills its promise to provide authoritative, nationally-comprehensive data on access to the Internet throughout the United States.  This new study follows the February 2010 NTIA research preview, Digital Nation: 21st Century America's Progress Toward Universal Broadband Internet Access. Both studies draw on the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey Internet Use Supplement, a survey of approximately 54,000 households conducted over one week in October 2009.  The Census data show increases in adoption of broadband services at home over time for virtually all demographic groups.  The data also reveal that demographic disparities among groups have tended to persist. Persons with high incomes, those who are younger, Asians and Whites, the more highly-educated, married couples, and the employed tend to have higher rates of broadband use at home.  Conversely, persons with low incomes, seniors, minorities, the less-educated, non-family households, and the nonemployed tend to lag behind other groups in home broadband use. The new study takes the analysis to another level.

More than 100,000 volunteers have promised to help a campaign to get more people on the internet.