Resources


Studies

6.22.11 • Connecting to Our Future: Portland's Broadband Strategic Plan
Video presentation: • Part 1 • Part 2

4.22.11 • Close to 24% of adults and 27.5% of children in the US were living in wireless-only households from July 2009 to June 2010, according to information collected primarily from the latest CDC National Center for Health Statistics Report . The percentage increases varied widely across the 50 states, ranging from a low of 7.2% in New Jersey to a high of 14.5% increase in Arkansas. In absolute ...Read more

Benton Foundation Study Shows Public's Cable Channels at Greatest Risk: April 5, 2010: Today the Alliance for Communications Democracy (ACD) and the Benton Foundation released results of a nationwide study on public, educational and government (PEG) Access showing that public access cable channels have been the hardest hit by a wave of funding cuts and closures across the country in recent years. The primary causes are new state franchising laws and decisions of local governments. Press Release - - - 2011 PEG Access Study

The Future of Cities, Information, and Inclusion. by Anthony Townsend, Dec. 16, 2010. Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, IFTF has identified this challenge—harnessing data for development and inclusion—as a critical cross-sectoral urban issue for the next decade and beyond.

Greg Lindsay at Fast Company covers the map in "The Battle for Control of Smart Cities"

2009-10 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study - The report provides information that can help library directors and library IT staff benchmark and advocate for technology resources in communities across the nation. The data are also of importance for policymakers at local, state, and federal levels, manufacturers of information and communication technologies, and the communities served by public libraries.

P ortland Community Fiber Network - Phase II Business Case***Staff Report

FCC's Report on the Digitally Disconnected

KIDS INFLUENCE FAMILY MEDIA USE. [SOURCE: MediaPost, AUTHOR: Karl Greenberg]
A new study from Ipsos OTX MediaCT says humans are getting wired a lot earlier.

Opportunity for All: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries - The library’s role as a technology resource has increased dramatically, and now nearly every library in the country offers free access to computers and the Internet. Millions of people rely on library technology to find work, apply for college, secure government benefits, learn about critical medical treatments, and connect with their communities.

PEW INTERNET SURVEY [SOURCE: Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, AUTHOR: Press release] Nearly 900 Internet experts and technologists expressed provocative thoughts on the impact that rapidly expanding social media systems are having on individual lives and overall society in a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University. While most respondents noted that the Internet has both positive and negative effects, 85 percent of the people participating in the survey said it has improved their own social relations and will continue to do so through 2020. benton.org/node/37541 | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project | read the report

Links

CUBConnects.org a searchable database of phone and internet service plans
Columbia Journalism Review has launched the News Frontier Database with profiles of an initial 50 prominent digital news sites
FreePress
Google Fiber Network (Portland's Application *** Gresham's Application)
NTIA Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) Grant
Portland Plan
Portland Development Commission
Portland State University Communications Equity Atlas
National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors NATOA supports and serves the telecommunications interest and needs of local governments.

Media Training Centers

Multnomah County Library - http://www.multcolib.org/services/computers/

Personal Telco - This group aims to help you find what you need in order to get connected to the community wireless network, or to participate in it. http://www.personaltelco.net/static/index.html

WiFi hotspots in Multnomah County

 

 

videofreepress — June 10, 2010 - Free Press and the Harry Potter Alliance collaborated on this video featuring a series of online celebrities and writers speaking about the importance of Net Neutrality. Featuring John and Hank Green (the vlogbrothers); actor and blogger Wil Wheaton; bestselling author Maureen Johnson (http://www.maureenjohnsonbooks.com); Shawn Ahmed from the UnculturedProject; vloggers and musicians Kristina Horner and Luke Conard; and Adam Savage from Mythbusters. Take action to save the Internet now: http://www.savetheinternet.com

 

Why Does Equity Matter? from Mayor Sam Adams on Vimeo.

PublicLibraryStdy

Cubconnects Check out the new consumer education project dedicated to educating Oregon consumers on the options available to them for home phone, mobile phone and internet services while providing information about telecommunications terminology, issues and events.