ENT 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Accessibility For Ontarians With Disabilities Act, 2005, Google Search
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!- 94% of canadians have access to broadband! 25% of 74 plus used internet in last year! 62% of non users had no interest in accessing internet! Urban dwellers 54% more likely to be online than rural! Sharp contrast between foreground and background ! Law- the access for ontarians with disabilities act! Gatekeepers: editors, media journalists decided what would be published, now many people have access to do this thanks to the internet, this is the new generation of gatekeepers. One of the biggest gatekeepers are search engines! Before google, alphabetical directories were used to search for things (using topics)!