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When discussing the impact of technology on society, many people focus on how technological advances have made people's lives easier and/or more enjoyable. Lynette Kvasny, an associate professor in Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology, takes a somewhat different approach. Rather than emphasizing personal gratification, she focuses her research on the ways in which technology can improve society and the lives of underprivileged groups. (more)
Blogs allow African-Americans to discuss HIV and AIDS in an unfiltered way that is both public and private, according to a Penn State researcher, and this exploration may lead to another way to distribute health messages to the African-American community. (more)
A recent project gave two IST researchers access to unfiltered data on an African-American blog, allowing them to examine how members of the black community are connecting online to discuss HIV and AIDS. (more)
The "digital divide" and "brain drain" in information technology have affected the U.S. since the mid-1990s. Kenya and other African nations are now facing those same problems more than a decade later as their IT infrastructures continue to improve. However, Penn State researcher Lynette Kvasny also found that IT is also being used to improve the quality of life in Kenya in several ways.
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