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Elderly Program: Elderly Resources
The Elderly Program lists here some additional resources,
including media coverage and
links to organizations and related publications
covering online policy issues and elderly communities.
For alerts, media coverage, and publications related
to incidents of online bias, discrimination, or defamation against
the elderly, see the
Elderly SWAT Team page.
More general
information about online policy issues is available from the Issues
bar across the top of most pages on this site.
Media Coverage
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No 'Gray Gap' for Internet Tunes
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Almost 7 million Americans, 50 years and older, visited music-related websites in June, according to Web traffic measurement service Media Metrix, InfoBeat Finance (September 26, 2000)
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Senior Surfing
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Second half of column provides statistics on the 55-plus age group's rapid Internet growth, USA Today (May 8, 2000)
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Organizations and Related Publications
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Charting and Bridging Digital Divides
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Fundamentally, the digital divide is about the gap between individuals and societies that have the resources to participate in the information era and those that do not, University of Toronto Centre for Urban and Community Studies via AMD Global Consumer Advisory Board (Adobe PDF) (October 27, 2003)
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OPG Co-Hosts Bridging the Digital Divides Event
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Join us the week of August 25-29 as we discuss "Bridging the Digital
Divides, Equal Access to the Internet" on Techsoup's Digital Divide Forum, including topics such as
class-based disparity in available technology,
the role race, ethnicity, and religion play in the
digital divide, women and technology,
the impact of Internet blocking software on the lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender community, and
access to technology for people with disabilities, Online Policy Group (August 25, 2003)
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Senior Survival School
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Mission statement: Provide seniors of all ages, languages, income levels and health with the information, understanding and contacts necessary to empower and motivate them, increase their independence, enhance the quality of their lives, and assure their access to health, housing, transit and other support services, www.seniorsurvivalschool.org (September 24, 2002)
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Planning for Elders
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PECC provides leadership that brings together elders, persons with disabilities, homecare workers, services providers and government agents to improve the quality of life for elders, people with disabilities and their caregivers, www.planningforelders.org (September 24, 2002)
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DemocracyGroups
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A project to create an online directory of U.S. based electronic mail discussions and e-newsletters related to social change and democratic participation, democracygroups.org (July 20, 2002)
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