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BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE:

EQUALITY IN THE INFORMATION AGE

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Yeshiva University

Nov. 15, 2000

DESCRIPTION

The digital revolution has transformed the lives of many, but also has left untouched the lives of many others. As a result, a large segment of the world population misses out on the tremendous political, social, economic, educational, and career opportunities created by the digital revolution. This gap between the information haves and have-nots is commonly referred to as the digital divide. Since the mid-1990s, the digital divide has received considerable attention in international forums, in presidential debates, and among corporate leaders. In light of the alarming disparities between the information haves and have-nots, the Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media and Society at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University selected the digital divide as the topic for its Second Squadron Symposium on Internet, Law & Society.

PARTICIPANTS

Moderator:

Peter K. Yu

Executive Director, Intellectual property Law Program; Deputy Director, Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media & Society & Research Associate, Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy, University of Oxford

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University

Speakers:

Tracy Cohen

Regulatory Advisor

Internet Service Providers Association of South Africa

Research Associate, Wits University, Johannesburg

Dr. Mark Cooper

Director of Research

Consumer Federation of America

Mary Keelan

Telecommunications Advocacy Consultant

Libraries for the Future

Dr. Stefaan Verhulst

Scholar-in Residence, Markle Foundation

Director, Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy, University of Oxford

SYMPOSIUM ISSUE

20 Cardozo Arts & Ent L.J. 1-188 (2002)

Peter K. Yu, Bridging the Digital Divide: Equality in the Information Age, 20 Cardozo Arts & Ent L.J. 1 (2002)

Andrew G. Celli, Jr. & Kenneth M. Dreifach, Postcards from the Edge: Surveying the Digital Divide, 20 Cardozo Arts & Ent L.J. 53 (2002)

Mark N. Cooper, Inequality in the Digital Society: Why the Digital Divide Deserves All the Attention It Gets,  20 Cardozo Arts & Ent L.J. 73 (2002)

Allen S. Hammond, IV, The Digital Divide in the New Millennium, 20 Cardozo Arts & Ent L.J. 135 (2002)

Jack Linchuan Qiu, Coming to Terms with Informational Stratification in the People's Republic of China, 20 Cardozo Arts & Ent L.J. 157 (2002)

B. Keith Fulton, AOL Time Warner Foundation: Extending Internet Benefits to All, 20 Cardozo Arts & Ent L.J. 181 (2002)