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Guest Blog Post: Disconnection
By Henry St. Clair on December 6, 2018 | Tagged with connection, disconnection, guest blog, smartphone addiction
Until very recently, connection was always framed in terms of individual choice. If people found issue with being connected, perpetually distracted, or dulled to their immediate surroundings by their devices, it was the users themselves, and their lack of self-control that was to blame. Any solution or “escape” was to be found in the individual’s […]
Guest Blog Post: Bridging the Digital Divide along BC’s Connected Coast
By aaron dishy on June 25, 2018 | Tagged with access, connection, content creation, digital infrastructure, Digital literacy, digital policy, guest blog, internet, internet access
As those living in communities along British Columbia’s rugged coastline know quite well, the internet connection isn’t always great. Up and down speeds and long periods of disconnection have for decades been standard to coastal BC. However, there has finally been some good news: on March 13th 2018, it was announced that many of […]
Guest Blog Post: Connection
By henry st. clair on May 14, 2018 | Tagged with connection, convenience, convenience culture, disconnection, facebook, google, guest blog, internet
Connection Written By: Henry St. Clair There are strong parallels between the historic experience of television and the modern digital information environment. People have been staring at advertising saturated screens of one form or another for a rather long time. Yet while the TV of old might have courted a great deal of our […]
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