Abstract. The Internet’s penetration into everyday life increasingly reveals the
ideological and cultural bases of information provided by, for, and about its users.
Analyses of Internet use should accordingly include technology analyses,
interactional analyses, and the embedded cultural contexts of the users, the
technology, and the information artifacts published on the World Wide Web. This
paper analyzes African American online responses to racialized depictions of
Black culture and American citizenship following Hurricane Katrina, using
W.E.B. DuBois’ observations of Black identity as a cultural information
framework. Findings indicated that American traditions of race relations between
Blacks and Whites shaped online interactions and content generation by African
American contributors. Additionally, the heterogeneity of African American
online identities employed suggests implications for future digital divide research.
Abstract. L'entree de l'Internet dans les habitudes courantes est de plus en plus
revelateur des bases ideologiques et culturelles de l'information fournie par, pour
et sur ses utilisateurs. Les analyses de l'utilisation de l'Internet devrait de fait
inclure des analyses de la technologie, des interactions, des contextes culturels
desquels sont issus les utilisateurs, la technologie et les artefacts informationnels
en ligne sur la Toile. Cet article analyse les reponses en ligne des Afro-americains
aux portraits racistes de la culture noire et de la citoyennete americaine qui ont fait
suite a l'ouragan Katrina, en nous basant sur les observations de Dubois sur
l'identite noire comme cadre d'information culturelle. Les resultats ont montre que
les conceptions traditionnelles americaines sur les relations interethniques entre
les noirs et les blancs (Afro-americains et les Caucasiens) faconnaient les
interactions en ligne et les contenus des contributeurs Afro-americains. De plus,
l'heterogeneite des identites Afro-americaines qui a ete mise en evidence dans les
interactions en ligne aura des retombes pour la recherche a venir sur la fracture
digitale.
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