The document discusses different levels of the digital divide, including the zero-level digital divide, first-level digital divide, and second-level digital divide. The zero-level digital divide refers to more fundamental issues around access to the internet itself. The first-level digital divide involves physical access, while the second-level relates to skills and how socioeconomic status can impact usage. The document argues that regulation and prioritization are important educational challenges to address these different levels of the digital divide, not just political or economic issues.

1. zero-level-digital divide
regulation and prioritization as
media-educational challenges
Dan Verständig, M.A. Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany
Prof. Stefan Iske Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main, Germany
ECER 2015, Budapest 8th September 2015

5. First Level
• Access,
• Give the hardware, problems will be
solved
Jeff Hutton
first-level digital divide

6. First Level
• Access,
• Give the hardware, problems will be
solved
Jeff Hutton
first-level digital divide
access to the Internet

7. Nic Taylor
second-level digital divide

8. Nic Taylor
second-level digital divide
usage; skills and the
socioeconomic status

9. Regulation?
Decentralization.
Daniel Cortes

10. Washington State Dept of Transportation

11. Garret M. Clarke Photography

12. pascal charest

13. zero-level-digital divide

14. first- & second-level
zero-level-digital divide

15. first- & second-level
zero-level-digital divide
re-framing issues in access to the Internet

16. first- & second-level
zero-level-digital divide
strategies of usage are in direct dependency
of a socioeconomic status

17. zero-level-digital divide

18. summary
! first- (access) and second-level-digital divide
(usage)
! zero-level-digital divide (basal & antecedent)
! regulation and prioritization as educational
challenges and not only political or economic.

19. what‘s next?
! research on implicit control structures
! provide insight of code, control and regulation
(look under the hood)
! focus on structural approaches not on (only)
contentual phenomena

20. Thank You!
Stefan Iske < stefan.iske@em.uni-frankfurt.de > @iskes
Dan Verständig < dan.verstaendig@ovgu.de > @danvers

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5,6 Jeff Hutton https://flic.kr/p/vgih8
7,8 Nic Taylor https://flic.kr/p/kdFE8r
9 Daniel Cortes https://flic.kr/p/Aw747
10 Washington State Dept. of Transportation flickr.com/photos/wsdot/4986563115/
11 Garret M. Clarke Photography flickr.com/photos/garretmclarke/5465201892/
12 pascal charest https://flic.kr/p/rR21k4