So thanks again to Freakonomics for pointing me to a great article. Edgar Johns of JobApp Network Inc., has found that for his company there are significant differences between white and minority applicants over the phone versus the internet. They discuss that one cause of this could be access to the internet. They also found similar patterns for younger and older applicants. I would use this to argue that maybe it is not technology access, ...

Christine Greenhow, a postdoc at the Social Networks Research & Creative Collaborative at the University of Minnesota, has done some very interesting research on the educational benefits of social networking sites. Check out the Media Release and the Video Release.