---
title: "Digital divide(s): A look at the data"
description: "Kathryn will discuss Pew Internet's data about the current digital divide(s) via Skype at the University of Kansas's virtual summit, \"Telling Stories of Diversity in the Digital Age.\""
date: "2011-12-03"
authors:
  - name: "Kathryn Zickuhr"
    job_title: "Former Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/kathryn-zickuhr/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2011/12/03/digital-divides-a-look-at-the-data/"
categories:
  - "Digital Divide"
tags:
  - "Digital Divide"
---

# Digital divide(s): A look at the data

Kathryn will discuss Pew Internet's data about the current [digital divide(s)](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Topics/Demographics/Digital-Divide.aspx) via Skype at the virtual summit, "[Telling Stories of Diversity in the Digital Age](http://www.journalism.ku.edu/news/Summit.shtml)," on Saturday, December 3, 2011. The section, "Bridging the Digital Divide," will be from 12:25 – 1:40 p.m. Central time.

The event will be streamed live on [the University of Kansas School of Journalism homepage](http://www.journalism.ku.edu/). Event organizers will also be liveblogging the event and soliciting questions on Twitter under the hashtag [#digdiv](https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23digdiv).

#### Schedule of events

**11:00 – 11:05: Welcome from Simran Sethi**, Associate Professor, KU William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications (@simransethi, @KUJournalism)

**11:05 – 12:20: Net Neutrality and Media Consolidation**

- Openness and Access: The Two Pillars of Internet Policy, Timothy Karr – Campaign Director, Free Press (@TimKarr, @freepress)
- Media Policy for Social Change and Movement Building, Amalia Deloney – Media Policy Field Director, Center for Media Justice (@guatemalia, @mediajustice)
- Putting Toll Roads on the Information Superhighway, Michelle Janaye Nealy – Freelance Reporter and videographer (@michellejanaye)

**12:25 – 1:40: Bridging the Digital Divide**

- Digital Divide(s): A Look at the Data, Kathryn Zickuhr – Research Specialist, Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project (@kzickuhr, @pewinternet)
- Myths about the Digital Divide, Jessamyn West – Community Technologist, MetaFilter.com (@jessamyn)
- Crossing Digital and Social Divides in Los Angeles, Kathleen Patton-Kimmel – CEO and President, Crossing the Digital Divide (@cddnp)

**1:45 – 3:00: Grassroots Media on the Global Stage**

- The Revolution Will Be Tweeted: The Effective Use of Social Media in The Arab Spring, Dima Khatib – Latin America Bureau Chief, Al Jazeera (@Dima_Khatib)
- Graphic Voices: Comics Journalism and the Power of Non-fiction Visual Storytelling, Dan Archer – Comics/ Graphic Journalist (@archcomix)
- Mobilizing Friends and Followers: Effective Grassroots Activism and the Role of Social Media, Lisa Dougan – Director of Field Outreach, Resolve (@lisadougan)

**3:05 – 4:20: Accessibility and Opportunity**

- The Best Day of My Life So Far, Benita Cooper– Founder and Executive Director, The Best Day of My Life (So Far) (@bestdaysofar)
- Seeing Anew: iPads and Cortical Visual Impairment, Dr. Muriel D. Saunders – Assistant Research Professor, University of Kansas Life Span Institute
- App 911: The Use of Technology in Disaster Communications, Daniel Schaefer – Doctoral Candidate in Communications, Journalism and Mass Communication Technology Coordinator, University of Colorado-Boulder.

**4:20-4:30: Closing remarks from Jeanne Brooks**, Community Engagement Manager, Online News Association (@jmfbrooks, @ona)

#### Learn more about: The digital divide & broadband adoption

- [Who's online? - Internet user demographics](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Static-Pages/Trend-Data-(Adults)/Whos-Online.aspx)
- [Home broadband adoption, 2000-2011](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Static-Pages/Trend-Data-(Adults)/Home-Broadband-Adoption.aspx)
- [All reports about broadband adoption](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/topics/Broadband.aspx?typeFilter=5)
- [All materials about the digital divide](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Topics/Demographics/Digital-Divide.aspx)