The Digital Reproduction of Inequality

By Eszter Hargittai. 2008

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Subfields: Communication, Media Technology, Political Science and International Relations

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How the machine ‘thinks’: Understanding opacity in machine learning algorithms (2016, background): “…reorientation of the scholarship on ‘digital inequality’ which has frequently focused on the distribution of computational resources and skills (Hargittai, 2008) but not, until recently, the question of how people may be subject to computational classiﬁcation, privacy invasions, or other…”
The digital production gap: The digital divide and Web 2.0 collide (2011, background): “Scholars generally point to a variety of both material and cultural factors (DiMaggio et al., 2004; Hargittai, 2008; Van Dijk, 2005).”
The relationship between frequency of Facebook use, participation in Facebook activities, and student engagement (2012, background): “The studies listed examined the digital divide on the Internet and in communication technologies; however, Hargittai (2008a) conducted the only published academic study of gender, ethnic, and socioeconomic differences between users and non-users of social networking websites.”
No A 4 U: The relationship between multitasking and academic performance (2012, background): “She also found that Latino students were less likely to use Facebook than Caucasians, and that students whose parents had a college degree were more likely to use Facebook than students whose parents did not have a college degree (Hargittai, 2008b).”
Connection strategies: Social capital implications of Facebook-enabled communication practices (2011, background): “In other contexts, scholars have argued that while the internet makes vast amounts of information available, only those who have the skills necessary to locate and evaluate this content can take full advantage of it (Hargittai, 2008).”
Too much face and not enough books: The relationship between multiple indices of Facebook use and academic performance (2012, methodology): “…factors such as gender, race and socioeconomic status yield varying degrees of technological ownership, adoption and use within the demographic (Cooper & Weaver, 2003; DiMaggio, Hargittai, Celeste, & Shafer, 2004; Hargittai, 2008a; Junco, Merson, & Salter, 2010; Kaiser Family Foundation, 2004).”
Succinct Survey Measures of Web-Use Skills (2012, background): “…of its uses including people’s abilities to use the medium effectively and efficiently, that is, their web-use skills (e.g., DiMaggio, Hargittai, Celeste, & Shafer, 2004; Gui & Argentin, 2011; Hargittai, 2002, 2008, 2010; Livingstone & Helsper, 2010; van Deursen & van Dijk, 2009; van Dijk, 2005).”
From internet access to internet skills: digital inequality among older adults (2019, background): “Drawing on the theory of digital inequality [38, 72], our analysis calls attention to the importance of differences in Internet skills among older adults once they have gone online.”
Dynamic Debates: An Analysis of Group Polarization Over Time on Twitter (2010, background): “First, access to news and information is important for promoting social equality (Hargittai, 2008).”
In-class multitasking and academic performance (2012, methodology): “Technological ownership, adoption and use within the overall population and within the population of college students vary according to gender, race, and socioeconomic status (Cooper & Weaver, 2003; DiMaggio, Hargittai, Celeste, & Shafer, 2004; Hargittai, 2008a; Junco, Merson, & Salter, 2010; Kaiser”