By Elaine Rita Mendus Más Wired Educated, middle class Latinos are embracing tech, English is not the dominant language Latinos use while engaging with social media and elderly Latinos who speak Spanish don’t have access to the Internet, according to a new study from the Pew Center. A data set released by the Pew Center [...]
Video: Though smartphone use is on the rise, the digital divide still overshadows disadvantaged communities
LatinaLista — The digital divide use to be so easy to define — people without Internet access — via home computers — were said to be at a disadvantage and not just technologically behind the rest of society but even socially behind since the computer was the main access to social networks. Not anymore. While [...]
Modernizing the voting process is a step towards recommitting to voters’ rights
LatinaLista — Technology, aka the Internet, usually evokes one of two reactions from people — acceptance or resistance. The resistors usually hold out until they can see how it’s going to enhance their lives. For example, how many seniors resisted using social media until they realized that they were missing out on the latest photos [...]
How Clinical Psychology is Improving our Understanding of Internet Addiction
By Angélica Pérez-Litwin New Latina: Psychology Corner The emergence of the internet in the past twenty years has changed the way we communicate, conduct business, and spend our free time. In many ways it has made our lives easier – we have at our fingertips a wealth of information about every topic under the sun [...]
