Building Bridges Online

Anthropology, Native Americans, and the Digital Divide

Evamaria Nittnaus (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

112 Seiten

2011 | 11003 A. 3. Auflage
GRIN Verlag
978-3-656-02286-2 (ISBN)

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Master's Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, grade: 5.0 (out of 6), University of Basel (Ethnologisches Institut), language: English, comment: entspricht der Note 2,0 nach dt. Notensystem , abstract: In this thesis, written to reach the Swiss equivalent of a MA degree, I will attempt to highlight three main topics, which I propose show some interesting developments and possibilities for today's anthropologists: 1) that anthropology offers a methodology well-suited to look at the way people behave online; 2) that the digital divide has to be seen as complex reality with more than one dimension; and 3) that, despite all the (mostly justified) criticism and pessimism, the Internet offers many possibilities for those on the margins of a globalized society. For the latter I have chosen the Internet experience of Native Americans, who are in an especially interesting situation because they live in one of the best- connected countries in the world, yet face a number of challenges when it comes to accessing and using the Internet. These three dimensions will be described and analyzed in this thesis, using available research literature, Internet sources and a questionnaire I posted on a website created specifically for my thesis project, because it felt important to me to get some first-hand information as well, at least in a limited way.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.10.2011
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	173 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
Schlagworte	Anthropology • Digital Divide • DigitalDivide • Internet • Mediastudies • Media Studies • Native Americans • NativeAmericans
ISBN-10	3-656-02286-0 / 3656022860
ISBN-13	978-3-656-02286-2 / 9783656022862
Zustand	Neuware