1. zero-level-digital divide
regulation and prioritization as
media-educational challenges
Dan Verständig, M.A. Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany
Prof. Stefan Iske Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main, Germany
ECER 2015, Budapest 8th September 2015

5. First Level
• Access,
• Give the hardware, problems will be
solved
Jeff Hutton
first-level digital divide

6. First Level
• Access,
• Give the hardware, problems will be
solved
Jeff Hutton
first-level digital divide
access to the Internet

7. Nic Taylor
second-level digital divide

8. Nic Taylor
second-level digital divide
usage; skills and the
socioeconomic status

9. Regulation?
Decentralization.
Daniel Cortes

10. Washington State Dept of Transportation

11. Garret M. Clarke Photography

12. pascal charest

13. zero-level-digital divide

14. first- & second-level
zero-level-digital divide

15. first- & second-level
zero-level-digital divide
re-framing issues in access to the Internet

16. first- & second-level
zero-level-digital divide
strategies of usage are in direct dependency
of a socioeconomic status

17. zero-level-digital divide

18. summary
! first- (access) and second-level-digital divide
(usage)
! zero-level-digital divide (basal & antecedent)
! regulation and prioritization as educational
challenges and not only political or economic.

19. what‘s next?
! research on implicit control structures
! provide insight of code, control and regulation
(look under the hood)
! focus on structural approaches not on (only)
contentual phenomena

20. Thank You!
Stefan Iske < stefan.iske@em.uni-frankfurt.de > @iskes
Dan Verständig < dan.verstaendig@ovgu.de > @danvers

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5,6 Jeff Hutton https://flic.kr/p/vgih8
7,8 Nic Taylor https://flic.kr/p/kdFE8r
9 Daniel Cortes https://flic.kr/p/Aw747
10 Washington State Dept. of Transportation flickr.com/photos/wsdot/4986563115/
11 Garret M. Clarke Photography flickr.com/photos/garretmclarke/5465201892/
12 pascal charest https://flic.kr/p/rR21k4