Digital Inequality

By Eszter Hargittai, Amanda Hinnant. Communication Research, 2008

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Subfields: Communication, Gender Studies, Media Technology

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The digital production gap: The digital divide and Web 2.0 collide (2011, background): “DiMaggio et al. (2004) synthesized how social networks and cultural capital are key mechanisms for Internet use.”
Is Bigger Always Better? Potential Biases of Big Data Derived from Social Network Sites (2015, background): “…to national trends documented above and elsewhere (rainie, Brenner, and Purcell 2012). this is especially remarkable given that the analyses also control for Internet experiences and skills, factors that are themselves related to demographic and socioeconomic variables (Hargittai and Hsieh 2013).”
Unrealized potential: Exploring the digital disability divide (2016, background): “While there was in the past a gender gap regarding rates of Internet access, that gap has closed in the United States and several other countries (Robinson et al., 2015; Hargittai and Hsieh, 2013).”
Beyond the 'digital natives' debate: Towards a more nuanced understanding of students' technology experiences (2010, background): “In other households technology use may be directed toward particular activities or restricted in the belief that overuse may be harmful or that there is a risk of the computer being damaged (eg., Hargittai & Hinnant, 2008).”
Dividing the Grey Divide: Deconstructing Myths About Older Adults’ Online Activities, Skills, and Attitudes (2018, background): “The second-level digital divide moves beyond questions of access to examine how skills—often referred to as digital literacy—affect people’s ability to engage with digital media in ways that are meaningful to their needs (Hargittai & Hinnant, 2008).”
Seeking Out and Avoiding the News Media: Young Adults’ Proposed Strategies for Obtaining Current Events Information (2017, background): “Hargittai and Hinnant (2008) described visits to news media websites as “capitalenhancing” behavior.”
The power of prediction with social media (2013, background): “In particular, Internet users and, even more so, users of social media have voluntarily decided to use these applications and thus differ from the population at large in terms of demographic characteristics, socio-economic variables, and socio-political attitudes (e.g., Hargittai and Hinnant, 2008).”
Playing the visibility game: How digital influencers and algorithms negotiate influence on Instagram (2018, background): “(Certo-Ware, 2017) The degree of technical knowledge and skill involved in the game may preclude participation among certain groups since digital inequalities have been linked to factors like socioeconomic background (Hargittai and Hinnant, 2008; Van Deursen and Van Dijk, 2014).”