Handbook of digital inequality
"This cutting-edge Handbook offers fresh perspectives on the key topics related to the unequal use of digital technologies. Considering the ways in which technologies are employed, variations in conditions under which people use digital media and differences in their digital skills, it unpacks the implications of digital inequality on life outcomes. International contributors assess a variety of key contexts that impact access to digital technologies, including contextual variations related to …
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- Full title :Handbook of digital inequality / edited by Eszter Hargittai, Professor and Chair of Internet Use and Society, Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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"This cutting-edge Handbook offers fresh perspectives on the key topics related to the unequal use of digital technologies. Considering the ways in which technologies are employed, variations in conditions under which people use digital media and differences in their digital skills, it unpacks the implications of digital inequality on life outcomes. International contributors assess a variety of key contexts that impact access to digital technologies, including contextual variations related to geography and infrastructure, as well as individual differences related to age, income, health and disability status. Chapters explore how variations emerge across the life course, illustrating the effects of digital disparities on personal wellbeing. Intervening in critical debates relating to the digital divide, this Handbook offers key insights into privacy and trust issues that affect technological usage. Employing both quantitative and qualitative investigations into the relationship between social inequality and the Internet, this Handbook is crucial reading for scholars and researchers in both communication and sociology, particularly those focusing on digital inequalities and human-computer interactions. It will also benefit policymakers in need of innovative approaches to understanding, challenging and addressing the digital divide"--
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- Publication Date:2021
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Edward Elgar Publishing
- Place of Publication:Cheltenham, UK
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2021
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 386 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781788116565, 1788116569
- oclc:on1289330102
- LC Classification:HM851
- Dewey Decimal:303.4833
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