From digital inclusion to social networks and virtual worlds in Brazil
The University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication research seminar by Joe Straubhaar and Jeremiah Spence (both of University of Texas at Austin) is available for online viewing.
“This talk will trace the waves of thinking in Brazil about digital inclusion in terms of social thinking, policy choices, technology choices and programs, as well as the adoption of technology at local and national levels. We will compare Brazilian thinking about digital and social inclusion with that of the U.S. and Europe. We will examine the impact of social networking in Brazil, including how it has accelerated Internet use deeper into society. We will also look at how some very new technologies, like virtual worlds, are being used to address concrete social problems like distance education for teachers.”
This talk is part of the Annenberg Research Network on International Communication speaker series.
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On 30 September 2008, as part of the Annenberg Research Park Colloquium Series: Joe Straubhaar and Jeremiah Spence, University of Texas, Austin will also present “Migrants and new media: Comparing generations, language communities and technology uses in the U.S. and Portugal.” Straubhaar will discuss East and South Austin research which focused on how migrants from Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America, are using media, particularly new media to adapt to life in the USA, make new local communities, maintain community with people back “home” and adjust to the emerging central role of these technologies in American life. Spence’s topic: “Virtual worlds technology: Mediating the educational experience in Brazil and Mozambique.” Spence will discuss the use of virtual worlds technology to augment the distance education capacity and student experience in on-going education. The talk will include an examination of the evolving nature of the concepts of virtual worlds, metaverse, open architecture virtual worlds, and telepresence/presence. A lunch discussion will follow the talks.
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