Policy Briefs
Children and the Internet: Parental Concerns and Internet Site Data
Dr. Sharon Strover, Ellen Wartella, Pat Stout, & Jef Richards
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Libraries in a Networked Texas
Dr. Philip Doty
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Rural Implications of H.R. 1542: The Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001 – A RUPRI Policy Brief
Dr. Sharon Strover
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Full Reports
2018
An Assessment of the Queens Public Library Hotspot Program
A Hotspot lending program was initiated in three New York system libraries starting with a pilot in 2014 and ending with a major program of loaning 10,000 hotspot devices in 2016-2017. The program was designed to ease Internet access for library patrons, and to test the utility of hotspot devices for the people who chose to use them. This particular report details the Quens Public Library Hotspot Program
The term ‘broadband’ refers to an advanced telecommunication service that developed from a need for greater amounts of information to be transmitted across the Internet. This pamphlet gives you all the information you need to be well informed about this type of communication
2016
Beyond Rural Walls: A scholars’ conversation about rural and urban spaces
Sharon Strover was part of the panel that explored the following questions:
1/ Does broadband enable economic and other benefits? 2/ As rural and urban relationships are explored, how is “rural” defined? 3/ What are the interdependencies between rural and urban spaces? 4/ What challenges do rural areas face? 5/ How does rural broadband deployment enable benefits that accrue to both rural and urban areas?
2015
Mediatizing the network model of social capital: Network diversity, media use, and cultural knowledge along and across ethnic boundaries
Dr. Wenhong Chen
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Brokering new technologies: The role of children in their parents’ use of the Internet
Teresa Correa, Dr. Joe Straubhaar, Dr. Wenhong Chen & Jeremiah Spence
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2014
Broadband’s contribution to economic growth in rural areas: Moving towards a causal relationship
Brian Whitacre, Roberto Gallardo, & Dr. Sharon Strover
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Does rural broadband impact jobs and income? Evidence from spatial and first-differenced regressions
Brian Whitacre, Roberto Gallardo, & Dr. Sharon Strover
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Facebook or Renren? A comparative study of social networking site use and social capital among Chinese international students in the United States
Xiaoqian Li & Dr. Wenhong Chen
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Getting a second opinion: Social capital, digital inequalities, and health information repertoires
Dr. Wenhong Chen, Kye-Hyoung Lee, Dr. Joe Straubhaar, & Jeremiah Spence
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Taking stock, moving forward: The Internet, social networks, and civic engagement in Chinese societies
Dr. Wenhong Chen
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More Than Search? Informational and Participatory eHealth Behaviors
Dr. Wenhong Chen
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2013
Rural Broadband Availability and Adoption: Evidence, Policy Challenges, and Options
Dr. Sharon Strover, Brian Whitacre, & Robert Gallardo
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2012
The bumpy path of technological transformation: digital inclusion
Dr. Sharon Strover
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Digital Divide: Navigating the Digital Edge
Dr. S. Craig Watkins
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Immersive television and the on-demand audience
Dr. Sharon Strover & William Moner
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ImTV: Towards an Immersive TV experience
Dr. João Magalhães, Dr. Sharon Strover, Dr. Teresa Chambel, Dr. Paula Viana, Dr. Teresa Andrade, Dr. Luis Francisco-Revilla, Dr. Flávio Martins, & Dr. Nuno Correia
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Media Literacy in Multiple Contexts
Dr. Alfonso Gutiérrez Martín & Kathleen Tyner
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2011
The Austin Internet and Global Citizens Project
Dr. Joseph Straubhaar, Dr. Wenhong Chen, Jeremiah Spence, Teresa Correa, & Dr. Nádie Machado-Spence
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Environmental Website Production: A Structuration Approach
Dr. Laura Stein
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Scholars’ Roundtable: The Effects of Expanding Broadband to Rural Areas
Dr. Sharon Strover
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2010
Chindia in the context of emerging cultural and media powers
Dr. Joseph Straubhaar
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Encountering “Difference” in the Contemporary Public Sphere: The Contribution of the Internet to the Heterogeneity of Political Discussion Networks
Jennifer Brundidge
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Global, Hybrid or Multiple? Cultural Identities in the Age of Satellite TV and the Internet
Dr. Joseph Straubhaar
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Political Discussion and News Use in the Contemporary Public Sphere: The “Accessibility” And “Traversability” of The Internet
Jennifer Brundidge
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Political Participation and Ideological News Online: Mobilization and Demobilization in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election Cycle
Jennifer Brundidge, Kelly Garrett, Hernando Rojas, &Homero Gil de Zúñiga
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Toward a Theory of Citizen Interface with Political Discussion and News in the
Contemporary Public Sphere
Jennifer Brundidge
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2009
America’s Forgotten Challenge: Rural Access
Dr. Sharon Strover
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2008
Digital literacies: Tracing the implications for learners and learning
Kathleen Tyner (Breaking out and fitting in: Strategic uses of digital literacy)
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2005
Multiple Proximities Between Television Genres and Audiences: The Schism between Telenovelas’ Global Distribution and Local Consumption
Dr. Antonio C. La Pastina & Dr. Joseph D. Straubhaar
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Wi-Fi’s Promise and Broadband Divides: Reconfiguring Public Internet Access in Austin, Texas
Martha Fuentes-Batista & Nobuya Inagaki
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2003
Digital Games in Education and Training: A Bibliography
Dr. Sharon Strover, & Erich Pelletier
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Implementing Voice Over IP Telephony in 2-1-1 Call Centers
Carolyn Cunningham, Dr. Sharon Strover, & Stephen Hall
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Local Services and Broadband Telecommunications Competition in Texas, Missouri, and Kansas
Dr. Patrick Burkhart, Dr. Sharon Strover, Holly Custard, Carolyn Cunningham, & Russell McDowell
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A Report on the Status of Wireless Access to 2-1-1
Dr. Sharon Strover & Carolyn Cunningham
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The Social Shaping of the Internet From Below: NGOs and government’s roles in Internet Development in Brazil and Peru
Marta Fuentes-Batista, Dr. Joseph Straubhaar, & Jeremiah Spence
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“2-1-1 State by State:” A Periodic Report on the National Implementation of Three-Digit Accessed Telephone Information and Referral Services Carolyn Cunningham, Erich Pelletier, & Dr. Sharon Strover
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2002
Community Networking in Texas: An Interim Evaluation Report for the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board
Dr. Jody Waters, Dr. Sharon Strover, Gary Chapman, Carolyn Cunningham, Holly Custard & Chris Lucas
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Links to the Future: Information and Telecommunications Technology and Economic Development in the Appalachian Region (Executive Summary)
Dr. Michael Oden, Dr. Sharon Strover, Nobuya Inagaki, Martha Arosemena, Jeremy Gustafson & Chris Lucas
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Telecommunications and 211: A Primer
Dr. Sharon Strover & Erich Pelletier
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“211 State by State:” A Periodic Report on the National Implementation of Three Digit-Accessed Telephone Information and Referral Services
Dr. Sharon Strover & Erich Pelletier
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2001
Access Television and Grassroots Political Communication in the United States
Laura Stein
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Evaluating the Community Technology Training Program at Reagan and Travis High Schools
Dr. Sharon Strover, Dr. Joseph Straubhaar, & Zeynep Tufekcioglu
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Information and Telecommunications Technology and Economic Development: Findings from the Appalachian Region (Executive Summary)
Dr. Michael Oden, Dr. Sharon Strover, Nobuya Inagaki, Martha Arosemena, Jeremy Gustafson & Chris Lucas
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Technologies of Liberation and Consumption: Shifting Discourses Surrounding the Internet
Karen Gustafson
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“211 State by State:” A Periodic Report on the National Implementation of Three Digit-Accessed Telephone Information and Referral Services Dr. Sharon Strover, Erich Pelletier
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2000
Aspects of Internet Use in Texas
Dr. Sharon Strover
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E-Government Services and Computer and Internet Use in Texas
Dr. Sharon Strover & Dr. Joseph Straubhaar
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Freedom of Information in the United States: Historical Foundations and Current Trends
Dr. Philip Doty
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Improving Public Internet Access in Brazil: Moving Beyond Connectivity
Martha Fuentes-Batista & Dr. Joseph Straubhaar
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Structuring Access: The Role of Public Access Centers in the “Digital Divide”
Dr. Joseph Straubhaar, Dr. Antonio LaPastina, Becky Lentz, Stan Main, & Julie Taylor
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1999
Emerging Issues in the International Telecommunications and Information Environment: Research Topics (TIPI International White Paper)
Nobuya Inagaki & Romi Mahajan
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Telecommunications Infrastructure Development: The Evolving State and Local Role in the United States
Dr. Sharon Strover & Lon Berquist
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Rural Internet Connectivity
Dr. Sharon Strover
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1998
Children’s Sexual Assault Telemedicine Program Assessment (abbreviated)
Dr. Sharon Strover, Becky Lentz
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Democratic “Talk,” Access Television and Participatory Political Communication
Laura Stein
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The Texas Telecommunications Review: Building a Networked Texas
Dr. Sharon Strover, et al
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1997
Comprehensive Bibliography on Information Society Literature
Dr. Sharon Strover & Dr. Stana Martin
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