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The Digital Divide: The Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective

The Digital Divide: The Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective

Ragnedda, Massimo
Muschert, Glenn W.

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

Medical ReferenceGeneral Computers

ISBN10: 0415525446
ISBN13: 9780415525442
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 5 2013
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere.

Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines 'the digital divide' as the unequal access and utility of internet communications technologies and explores how it has the potential to replicate existing social inequalities, as well as create new forms of stratification. The Digital Divide examines how various demographic and socio-economic factors including income, education, age and gender, as well as infrastructure, products and services affect how the internet is used and accessed. Comprised of six parts, the first section examines theories of the digital divide, and then looks in turn at:

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