Understand Media

Closing the Digital Divide

Nick Pernisco — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:11:32 +0000

With new media come new challenges. In just under two decades, the media landscape has expanded from a world with no Internet and limited media choices, to a world in which the Internet has come to dominate our time with media. The Internet has revolutionized how we search for information, learn about world events, entertain ourselves, and connect with others. Clearly, the Internet has delivered on the promise of bringing the world into our homes.

However, the world that most of us enjoy – a world in which information of all kinds is available at our fingertips – is not the world we all live in. In the United States alone, 21% of the population lacks regular Internet access at home or work. And of those who do have regular access, most do not full understand the messages being delivered. Therefore, people without regular Internet access have a different, perhaps more limited and distorted view of the world.

This concept is known as the digital divide – the inequality that occurs between those who have access to the Internet and who can think critically about its messages, and those who cannot. This disparity has an effect on every aspect of people’s lives – income level, upward mobility, job prospects, relationships, political power, race relations and equality, lifespan, and status in society, just to name a few.

Below are some resources for those researching the digital divide and its effects.

http://www.slideshare.net/newdigitaldivide/the-new-digital-divide-2707247

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/1017/1/MEDIALITERACY.pdf

http://www.understandmedia.com/journals-a-publications/44-scholarly-articles/141-the-ubiquity-myth

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/2768/1/Gradations_in_digital_inclusion_(LSERO).pdf

Comm 2 Student Blogs – Fall 2011

Nick Pernisco — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:40 +0000

Each semester, my Comm 2 students are required to have diversity media blogs, among other assignments. This blogging assignment requires students to make an entry each week about their media consumption. The entry can be about anything interesting they have experienced in the media. Their observations are based on their own opinions, and are judged only by their level of analysis.

David kdudesmediawatch.wordpress.com

Alex alexfwashington.wordpress.com

Marissa ricanrissa33.wordpress.com

Rosa rzmry.wordpress.com

Courtney ccowings.wordpress.com

Jenn jennlikesboys.wordpress.com

Yoichi yoichihiguchi.wordpress.com

Lisa f33dbuck.wordpress.com

Meleena meleenab.wordpress.com

Julissa lolmermaids.wordpress.com

Anna annapetlina.wordpress.com

Sjors (George) sjversteeg.wordpress.com

Neil iamtheman2.wordpress.com

Vaimiti hinemanea.wordpress.com

Karolin karolynelisabeth.wordpress.com

Joakim itsmeinthemiddle.wordpress.com

Alisa toujourdemagnifique.wordpress.com

Jessica ryan1672.wordpress.com

Michelle mishyfishymedia.wordpress.com

Candice candi3.wordpress.com

Ivan iv3n.wordpress.com

Kristen kris10lloyd.wordpress.com

Shane shanosblog.wordpress.com

Hoonbok lhbxg.wordpress.com

Peter peterrae.wordpress.com

William wmsb23.wordpress.com

Taleen taleenmusic.wordpress.com

Gloria nappymedia.wordpress.com

Jazmin lovepink1wordpress.com

Comm 10 Student Blogs – Fall 2011

Nick Pernisco — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:32 +0000

Each semester, my communications students must write about their media experiences on their own blogs. The students try to think critically about the media they consume, and write short critical analyses about those experiences. Below are the blogs for my fall 2011 Communication 10 course.

Anna Annapetlina.wordpress.com

David kdude88media.wordpress.com

Ryan F. ryanflannigan.wordpress.com

Ryan A. ryanandrus.wordpress.com

Suzette susettemoyers.wordpress.com

Candie candysworld.wordpress.com

Gloria gloriashin.wordpress.com

Shay shayalkoby.wordpress.com

Alexandra alexjia.wordpress.com

Zulema smurf09.wordpress.com

Michael michaeltaban.wordpress.com

Marissa ricanrissa33.wordpress.com

Demetrius leaveittobeav31.wordpress.com

Jonathan j2thesims.wordpress.com

Ray ray23wordpress.com

Carlos carlosvladimir.wordpress.com

Janeth janethr.wordpress.com

Sammie sammielezak.wordpress.com

Simmie beyoudouble.wordpress.com

Eva evabrigitte89.wordpress.com

Brittany simone831.wordpress.com

Adrian adrianescorcia.wordpress.com

Edward eddyknows3.wordpress.com

Claudette Claudettecolbert.wordpress.com

Jason weeklyhooter.wordpress.com

Adonai adonairodriguez.wordpress.com

Zack zackguerra.wordpress.com

Alex alexandermyers13.wordpress.com

Jiahao 467221090cj.wordpress.com

Jose josesandoval24.wordpress.com

Nicole bittersweet24.wordpress.com

Comm 10 Student Blogs – Summer 2011

Nick Pernisco — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:00:25 +0000

Xiaonan – xiaonanyuan.wordpress.com

Tessie – tessielammle0304.wordpress.com

Veronica – vmorales18.wordpress.com

Joshua – booboomckinns.wordpress.com

Tania – tania10920.wordpress.com

Caitlin – csaxena13.wordpress.com

Monique – moniquekaminskaya.wordpress.com

Ethan – thaattguuyy.wordpress.com

Jonathan - jdjahanbani.wordpress.com

Wendy – wendyshiwo.wordpress.com

Shahriar – sharific26.wordpress.com

Lhean – dasani99.wordpress.com

Eric – onlygyane.wordpress.com

Kyle – kylefujisawa.wordpress.com

Hosuk – funaz99.wordpress.com

Sam – samazimtash.wordpress.com

Josh – shendizadeh007.wordpress.com

Jian – foreverjx.wordpress.com

David – davidb0g.wordpress.com

DJ – djdavids.wordpress.com

Jonathan – jcohen88.wordpress.com

Xin – jiaxin90.wordpress.com

Jie – loveinhorizon.wordpress.com

Deron – toramji.wordpress.com

Shayne – shaynich.wordpress.com

Steven – stevencxz.wordpress.com

Sullivan – sullycyrus.wordpress.com

Ritz – ritzlee.wordpress.com

Miffy – miffylibra.wordpress.com

Danny – media3point0.wordpress.com

Veronica – vmorales18.wordpress.com

Amere – buzzspotdotnet.wordpress.com

Comm 2 Student Blogs – Spring 2011

Nick Pernisco — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:00:48 +0000

Each semester, my Comm 2 students are required to have diversity media blogs. This assignment requires students to make a blog entry each week about their media consumption.

Luke – lukeralph.wordpress.com

Cinthia – cinthiablogs.wordpress.com

Brittany – trojans13.wordpress.com

Erica – ericalauren1988.wordpress.com

Daphne – mediaconcern.wordpress.com

William – wmsb23.wordpress.com

Ariel – akasheri.wordpress.com

Lily – lilybarriga.wordpress.com

Maggy – excaliburalwayswins.wordpress.com

Ryan Wy. – rwysocki34.wordpress.com

Tandice – Tandicetabaie.wordpress.com

Stephanie – rob0citizen.wordpress.com

Hayley – hayleythayer.wordpress.com

Ashna – ashnarasoal.wordpress.com

Jinwoo – 2000sunmok.wordpress.com

Tandice – tandicetabaie.wordpress.com

Vanessa – snowbunny15.wordpress.com

Lina – linaahmed08.wordpress.com

Chungsil – chungsil.wordpress.com

Jenny – Jennyflorentin.wordpress.com

Barbra – lathoughts.wordpress.com

William – wmsb23.wordpress.com

Garrick – garrick21hw.wordpress.com

Tamoie – tyler104.wordpress.com

Adi – mostinterestingmanintheworld.wordpress.com

Comm 10 Student Blogs – Spring 2011

Nick Pernisco — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:00:31 +0000

Samantha – 1963again.wordpress.com
Naina – sethisopinionsmatter.wordpress.com
Merve – merveonur.wordpress.com
Christian – christianapt.wordpress.com
Slater – slatergrey3.wordpress.com
Karla A. – Karlalizeth19.wordpress.com
Vienna – viennaurias13.wordpress.com
Tara – tsazegar.wordpress.com
Farheen – farheen1992.wordpress.com
Dayne C. — flyingspaghettimunster.wordpress.com
Karla R. – itskarla320.wordpress.com
Brigette – bubbliesss.wordpress.com
James M. – jmumma.wordpress.com
Polina – pole4ka.wordpress.com
Alejandro – alejandrorivera11.wordpress.com
Jessica – Jessoe13.wordpress.com
Kwame – kwamenkrumah.wordpress.com
Vada – kenngi.wordpress.com
Colleen G. – thisiscolleensblog.wordpress.com
Shlomo – explore2daymedia.wordpress.com
Marcellus – mfain2.wordpress.com
Morgan – Morgan75.wordpress.com
Alba – avarguello18.wordpress.com
Sophia – themediatimes.wordpress.com
Robert S. – RobNY316.wordpress.com
Magda – beyouexpress.wordpress.com
Marilu – marilugyanez.wordpress.com
Robert K. – bobbyangeleno.wordpress.com
Carlos – dailyjuice.wordpress.com
Maria – lvpitablinks.wordpress.com
Victoria – whtsmysecret.wordpress.com

Comm 10 Student Blogs – Fall 2010 (Regular)

Nick Pernisco — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:46:24 +0000

Ying Wen - lovesai7.wordpress.com

Mario – one18.wordpress.com

Emily – emily888.wordpress.com

Anna - linneahakansson.wordpress.com

Clarisse – clarissew.wordpress.com

Hagit – hagit126.wordpress.com

Matt – mrees18.wordpress.com

Katrina – Tierra911.wordpress.com

Ghoncheh – Ghonch.wordpress.com

Candace – cmassachi.wordpress.com

Norman – thenormanscom10blog.wordpress.com

Maxime – maximbienvenu.wordpress.com

Li Ying – yingli4321.wordpress.com

Adrian – zeromamba.wordpress.com

Sanne – SanneRobertsson.wordpress.com

Danielle – IWeepfortheFuture.wordpress.com

Moa – moagarth.wordpress.com

Cassandra – cassandradawnxo.wordpress.com

Lina – lina1bina.wordpress.com

William – wedellw.wordpress.com

Oleg – timershin.wordpress.com

Michael H. – staypressinwords.wordpress.com

Katie – goinggreen22@wordpress.com

Brandon – recycleboi.wordpress.com

Brittani – lovepinky89.wordpress.com

Yang Lu – sweetysara.wordpress.com

Seil Ma – bregkamp12.wordpress.com

Casey – iamcaseywood.wordpress.com

Nina – ninaojeda.wordpress.com

Malka – boomchakalaka.wordpress.com

Chen – riquelmell.wordpress.com

Michael H. – staypressinwords.wordpress.com

Rocky – rockyr26.wordpress.com

Hugo – hugr91.wordpress.com

Nina – ninaisabel.wordpress.com

Comm 10 Student Blogs – Fall 2010 (AAPIA)

Nick Pernisco — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:04:50 +0000

Each semester, my communications students must write about their media experiences on their own blogs. The students try to think critically about the media they consume, and write short critical analyses about those experoences. Below are the blogs for my 8am Communications 10 course, a part of the AAPIA grant program, and taught in Santa Monica College’s new DLS.

Austin – austn833.wordpress.com

Denis – deny31.wordpress.com

James – jamesz10.wordpress.com

Jiho – jihok.wordpress.com

Isabella – isabella404.wordpress.com

Allen – allenb8.wordpress.com

Ewa – ewaglow.wordpress.com

Alireza – al8128.wordpress.com

Devonte – devonte27.wordpress.com

Simona – simona222.wordpress.com

Kimberly – kbaby3000.wordpress.com

Adiam – adiiam.wordpress.com

Ivan kan – manhoivan1.wordpress.com

Yang – yangbryant.wordpress.com

Samantha – 1963again.wordpress.com

Jennine – jennine24.wordpress.com

Quincy Brown – quincyb7.wordpress.com

Lee sung wook – ozzy131226.wordpress.com

Sin Pak Kwan – aaronsin.wordpress.com

Celisa – Lisabise.wordpress.com

Samuel ochoa – sam011.wordpress.com

Ming Hei Ng – ansonng.wordpress.com

Jenny su – jsssss62.wordpress.com

Yunting Cai - carlacai.wordpress.com

Kin shing law – kenlaw626.wordpress.com

Corey – clong12.wordpress.com

Danielle – lili94.wordpress.com

Eric – ericcomm10.wordpress.com

Kang moon yang – moonyang.wordpress.com

Dropbox – My favorite new app

Nick Pernisco — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:19:49 +0000

I work on the road a lot, and I’m constantly creating and editing all types of files. But between creating files on the desktop, the laptop, the iPad, and my Android phone, things were getting messy.

Enter Dropbox. You sign up for service (you can get a free 2gb account), then download the Dropbox software on all of your devices. You instantly get a shared folder that you can store any file in. I often write TO DO lists on my Macbook, then access the list on my phone through the Dropbox app. I can also access my files on any computer by going to their website and logging in. If my laptop ever dies on me, I buy a new one, install Dropbox, and all of my files are there… I’d be up and running in 5 minutes.

Dropbox has helped make my mobile lifestyle a lot easier, and I highly recommend it.

Link to Dropbox using the links in this post and get an extra 250mb of storage for free.

Comm 10 Student Blogs – Summer 2010

Nick Pernisco — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:12:00 +0000

Each semester, my Comm 10 students are required to have diversity media blogs. This assignment requires students to make a blog entry each week about their media consumption. The are supposed to analyze media that they encounter, especially media related to race or gender stereotypes and biases. For summer courses, students write two blog posts per week.

Below is a listing of the students’ blogs.

Michael C. – http://mikah4812.wordpress.com

Clement – http://cannabiccino.wordpress.com

Amanda Y – http://Journeynest.wordpress.com

Carla – http://sevenwhatever.wordpress.com

David – http://ddv2000.wordpress.com

Sanna – http://tkssksla.wordpress.com

Ike – http://ikeashiba.wordpress.com

Nathan N. – http://natethegreat824.wordpress.com

Jon – http://mmmmsnoogans.wordpress.com

Francisco – http://frankiefrankies.wordpress.com

Shervin – http://shervinlalezari.wordpress.com