"The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the most skeptical cynics could have predicted the World Wide Web as we know it today: commercial, isolating, and full of, even fueled by, bias. This was not ine…
Gentrification on and offline -- The people and the platforms Facebook left behind -- The big problems of Big Tech -- The fight for fiber -- Resistance. "The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the mos…
How we lost control of the internet-and how to win it back. The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the most skeptical cynics could have predicted the World Wide Web as we know it today: commercial, iso…
"The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the most skeptical cynics could have predicted the World Wide Web as we know it today: commercial, isolating, and full of, even fueled by, bias. This was not ine…
"The internet has become a battleground. Although it was unlikely to live up to the hype and hopes of the 1990s, only the most skeptical cynics could have predicted the World Wide Web as we know it today: commercial, isolating, and full of, even fueled by, bias. This was not ine…
Introduction -- The evolution of the digital divide -- Why does Weber still matter? -- Digital stratification: class, status group and parties in the age of the Internet -- Life chances and the third level of digital divide -- Concluding remarks and recommendations.
1. The evolution of the digital divide -- 2. Why does Weber still matter? -- 3. Digital stratification : class, status group and parties in the age of the Internet -- 4. Life chances and the third level of digital divide -- 5. Concluding remarks and recommendations.
Introduction -- The evolution of the digital divide -- Why does Weber still matter? -- Digital stratification: class, status group and parties in the age of the Internet -- Life chances and the third level of digital divide -- Concluding remarks and recommendations
Drawing on the thought of Max Weber, in particular his theory of stratification, this book engages with the question of whether the digital divide simply extends traditional forms of inequality, or whether it also includes new forms of social exclusion, or perhaps manifests coun…
Drawing on the thought of Max Weber, in particular his theory of stratification, this book engages with the question of whether the digital divide simply extends traditional forms of inequality, or whether it also includes new forms of social exclusion, or perhaps manifests coun…
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 skil…
"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 ski…
