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336 Lisa J. Servon and Randal D. PinkettNOTES1. See Servon (2002) for a history of the community technology movement.2. Interestingly, Street-Level Youth Media obtains the majority of its funding from non-technologysources such as youth and arts funders.3. Data presented here are from a survey conducted by one of the authors in 1999 (see Servon,2002).4. Rogers’s “Diffusion of Innovations” is a theory concerning the “process by which an innovationis communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a socialsystem.” The theory is an extension of the work of two sociologists, Bryce Ryan and NealGross, who “published their seminal study of the diffusion of hybrid seed among Iowa farmers”in the 1940s. In this work, they classified the segments of Iowa farmers in relation to theamount of time it took them to adopt the innovation; in this case, the hybrid corn seed. Thefive segments were as follows: (1) innovators, (2) early adopters, (3) early majority, (4) latemajority, and (5) laggards.REFERENCESBrock, Gerald (1994) Telecommunications Policy for the Information Age. Cambridge,MA: Harvard University Press.Castells, Manuel (2001) The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business,and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Chapman, Gary and Rhodes, Lodis (1997) “Nurturing Neighbourhood Nets:Technology Review” (accessed July 21, 1999 from http://www.techreview.com/articles/oct97/chapman.html).Chow, Clifton, Ellis, Jan, Mark, June, and Wise, Bart (1998) Impact of CTCNetAffiliates: Findings from a National Survey of Users of Community TechnologyCenters. Newton, MA: Community Technology Centers’ Network (CTCNet),Education Development Center.Civille, Richard (1995) “The Internet and the Poor,” in Brian Kahin and James Keller(eds), Public Access to the Internet. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.DiMaggio, Paul and Hargittai, Eszter (2001) “From the ‘Digital Divide’ to ‘DigitalInequality’: Studying Internet Use as Penetration Increases,” unpublished manuscript.Doctor, Ronald D. (1994) “Seeking Equity in the National Information Infrastructure,”Internet Research 4 (3): 9–22.Graham, Stephen and Marvin, Simon (2001) Splintering Urbanism: NetworkedInfrastructures, Technological Mobilities, and the Urban Condition. New York:Routledge.Granovetter, Mark (1973) “The Strength of Weak Ties,” American Journal ofSociology 78: 1360–80.Hecht, Lawrence (1998) “Community Networking and Economic Development: AFeasibility Assessment” (accessed February 2, 1999 from http://home.earthlink.net/~hechtl/Communities).Kirschenbaum, Josh and Kunamneni, Radhika (2001) Bridging the OrganizationalDivide: Toward a Comprehensive Approach to the Digital Divide. Oakland, CA:PolicyLink.Lazarus, Wendy and Mora, Francisco (2000) Online Content for Low-income andUnderserved Americans: The Digital Divide’s New Frontier. Santa Monica, CA:The Children’s Partnership.