To me this article talks more about this idea of a "digital divide". They are pretty much saying that the Chicana people don't have as much of a need fore the internet as Americans. Gomez talks about how the divide is not just from a lack of internet access of these people but a lesser disire for it. There are plenty who use the internet on a daily bases and those who do not. I think a lot of them don't have much of a disire for the internet and that's why they don't use it.
I also don't totally agree that compairing Chicano people with American people is a very good idea because we have way too many cultural differences. I thought a really interesting point made was that when Guillermo was growing up in Mexico, technology was more important to have rather than to use. This seemed very strange to me but very interesting because that is almost saying that owning the latest technology or gadgets puts you in a certain class regardless of if you use them or not.
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Chris
Both the Gomez and Adams Banks articles mention that having technology but not using it contributes to the digital divide. You raise in your blog that it is due to lack of desire. Is this because there is really nothing on the internet the Chicano population can identify with or relate to that makes the web so undesirable?
You make a valid point that its difficult when trying to compare other cultures to America when we are so technologically advanced. Bill Gates can give his technology tools to the world, yet if people are not instructed on how to use the tools and told what the potential benefit is for them, why use it?
I agree with you that the concept of having technology, yet not using it seems odd. Third world nations having internet access that the developed nations have and not taking advantage of it seems rather strange and the result is that the developed nations monopolize the internet.
Good post
Jennifer Wheeler
Hey Chris,
I really liked your post, you touched on a point Guillermo made that I completely missed. You pointed out that Guillermo said, "technology was more important to have rather than to use." I totally missed that and I think it highlights a great point about the culture Guillermo was raised in. Well done.
I didn't get to read the article but I found it very interesting how you talked about Guillermo pointing out that in growing up in Mexico he observed that owning the latest technology was even more important than actually using it.
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