Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Drawing on the author's ethnographic and textual analysis research over a five-year period in the United States, the paper observes that older generations of workers are getting used to the new models of technology-driven communication but may not feel "at home" in them. The author suggests steps for policy makers to stimulate and reward older workers, whose roles in the "new work" are both vital and threatened. Proceeding from data suggesting that work status often drives home computer and Internet competencies and usage in the lives of Americans over 50, the author acknowledges that the advancing age of Baby Boomers will cause some generational differences in competency and usage to disappear, but cultural differences among elders will persist. Effective public policy for curing the Digital Divide must include attention to older Americans on the margins, many of whom are single women, racial minorities, and residents of central-city or rural areas, the author claims. Recommendations include:
1. Tailor retirement systems for individual differences.
2. Make employment sectors elder friendly.
3. Make the educational system non-discriminatory.
4. Eliminate ageist practices inside the academy.
5. Strengthen policies to deter age discrimination by employers.
6. Encourage inclusive images of older workers.
7. Stop retrofitting facilities to "shoehorn" in disabled (often older) workers.
8. Encourage intergenerational learning communities.
9. Pursue age studies and intergenerational research.
The author concludes that citizens must assume a collective responsibility for re-creating social environments that will accommodate unprecedented complexities of intergenerational living in today's world.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Aiming to extend the understanding of the digital divide, this research explores 1) the extent to which Internet use patterns are influenced by demographic variables, and 2) the degree that the difference in Internet use pattern in turn produces social capital. Arguing that those two associations are conceptual conditions of the digital divide, this paper discusses what kinds of Internet use patterns, in what sense, were found to dimensions of the digital divide.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Copyright law emerged with the advent of the printing press of mass type and has evolved as newer technologies have emerged. Today it faces considerable challenges, both conceptual and practical, from the onslaught of digital technologies. The legal discourse on such challenges has been primarily theoretical and examined through the lens of technology, history and economics. But any input from the key human player, the author, has remained mostly absent from this discourse. This paper presents the key findings from the author's doctoral research project which takes as it starting point the inclusion of this human element in the discourse by employing socio-legal methodology.

The objective of the research was to understand the artists' perception of present copyright law and it's role in their creative practice. As part of the research, a qualitative empirical study was conducted with digital artists based in UK and Ireland. The study uncovered interpretations of the artists as to key concepts in copyright law like author, work and relationship of author with the work; and their motivations and experiences in protecting their work. The findings were then used to take a fresh look at the conceptual challenges faced by copyright and related rights in the digital environment.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This paper examines the changes brought by digital technologies of music delivery in the music economy in Korea. First, I look at how digital technologies impact the reorganization of music industry. The dominant technological mediation of the‘idol star system’ in the late 1990s gives way to industrial reorganization toward concentration and integration across the information and communications technologies (ICTs) industries and the media/entertainment industries. Secondly, I discuss how digital technologies impacts the way we relate to music and to each other. It is suggested that digital technologies accelerate personal and social use of music and contribute to a diversified music culture. Lastly, I discuss how digital culture of music is framed by this industrial rearrangement. It is suggested that the ongoing digitalization radically transforms how we conceive the music industry, and renders the nature of music redefined and contested.

Publication Type: Single Paper Format
Abstract: This session will focus on providing ideas and strategies for helping pre-service digital immigrants understand how to effectively and developmentally appropriately integrate technology into early childhood curriculum.