by TIPI Staff | Dec 14, 2023
Digital justice is a growing area that explores how societies are, will, and should be affected by digital technology. Cell phone texting, for example, is a widely accessible communication method, making it a valuable tool for reaching a broad and diverse audience...
by Sheila Lalwani | Feb 20, 2023
TIPI Team Begins Research on Digital Navigators Program By Sheila Lalwani | Feb 20, 2023 A team of researchers is working with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) to conduct research examining digital inclusion programs in ten Texas libraries. ...
by Richelle Crotty | Jul 26, 2022
This post was originally published by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. In 2018, IMLS awarded a grant to the University of Texas where Dr. Sharon Strover and Dr. Marcia Mardis studied how small and rural libraries contribute to community resiliency after...
by Richelle Crotty | May 3, 2022
The library is oftentimes a crucial Internet access provider in small and rural communities. The most popular way for library patrons to access the Internet is within the walls of the library. However, libraries across the country, and across our project states Texas...
by Richelle Crotty | Apr 5, 2022
On March 10, 2022, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Dr. Richelle Crotty attended the Broadband Listening Tour of the Texas Broadband Development Office (BDO) to share TIPI’s recommendations for the development of Texas’ first broadband plan. In advance of the influx of...
by Melissa Santillana | Jul 16, 2020
As schools rely more and more on digital tools for teaching and learning, concerns over universal access to broadband Internet and computers start to emerge. The homework gap refers to the challenges school-age children experience completing their homework due to lack...
by TIPI Staff | Aug 19, 2019
A team of researchers under the supervision of professors Joseph Straubhaar and Sharon Strover conducted the Austin Digital Assessment Survey for the City of Austin to assess internet usage in Austin. The team sent 11,000 surveys to random Austin addresses and...
by TIPI Staff | Jul 5, 2019
Abstract: A great deal of scholarship on broadband deployment and federal policies has positioned rural America through a deficit framework: rural parts of the country have older populations (and therefore not tech savvy), are poor (and therefore justifiably ignored...
by TIPI Staff | Aug 12, 2013
2013 Rural Broadband Availability and Adoption: Evidence, Policy Challenges, and Options Dr. Sharon Strover, Brian Whitacre, Robert Gallardo Download 2012 The bumpy path of technological transformation: digital inclusion Dr. Sharon Strover Download Digital Divide:...
