Event: 19 November 2009 – New Media, Technology and Internet use in Indian Country
On November 19, 2009, Blair Levin, Coordinator for the FCC National Broadband Plan and Daniel Weitzner, Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy Analysis and Development, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, will join a breakfast roundtable to discuss the release of a report by Native Public Media and the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative. The report, New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country: Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses, is one of the most extensive studies of on the ground technology use, access, and adoption in Native American lands.
As the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) noted in 2004: “By virtually any measure, communities on tribal lands have historically had less access to telecommunications services than any other segment of the population.” Today, many Native American lands tribes have little or no affordable access to broadband – putting Internet connectivity and its associated benefits out of reach for many of these communities. Until now, the lack of data about the Native American telecommunications landscape has been a considerable barrier to developing informed policies to drive Internet deployment, access and adoption in tribal communities.
Demonstrating the great need to include Native Americans in the discourse around the National Broadband Plan, New Media, Technology and Internet Use in Indian Country: Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses lays the groundwork for Native deployment, access, and adoption of digital communication that is driven by and serving the needs of Native America.
Date: 19 November 2009
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Place: New America Foundation, 1899 L St, NW Suite 400, Washington, DC, 20036
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