Usenet Newsgroups

Recently I have been looking at newsgroups on the internet and reflecting on what I have found, including limitations and benefits.
The main website I have found my information from is; http://groups.google.co.uk/group/Educator-Gold/browse_thread/thread/ca779ba0232fc372/594505033489b7bc?lnk=st&q=&rnum=2&hl=en#594505033489b7bc

The discussion was about the digital divide in America, and who are on each side of the divide. Who and what are causing his problem, and what is being done to close the divide. I found the discussion very interesting there were a lot of important statistics such as; 'only a fraction of minority households subscribe to broadband Internet: 14% for African-Americans.' I thought this was good because it gives a way to put what you’re reading into something that you can understand by using numbers.

I think these posts can be really useful if for example you were looking for other people who share the same interests etc. However, in this example it is useful as it bring awareness to a subject which is often ignored and makes people realise what is going in the world. Also it is good for people studying the digital divide as it has lots of facts and figures which can be used.

However, the web page talks about the divide in America, which has no interest to me living in the UK. This suggested that it may be hard to find specific UK pages.