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...
This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere.
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 counter-trends that alleviate traditional inequalities whilst constituting new modalities of inequality. With attention to the manner in which social stratification in the digital age is reproduced and transformed online, the author develops an account of stratification as it exists in the digital sphere, advancing the...
Drawing on the thought of Max Weber, in particular his theory of stratification, this book engages with the question of whether the digital divide sim...
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,...
This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere.
Although discussion of the digital divide is a relatively new phenomenon, social inequality is a deeply entrenched part of our current social world, and is now reproduced in the digital sphere. Such inequalities have been described in multiple traditions of social thought and theoretical approaches. To move forward to a greater understanding of the nuanced dynamics of digital inequality, we need the theoretical lenses to interpret the meaning of what has been observed as digital inequality.
This volume examines and explains the phenomenon of digital divides and...
Although discussion of the digital divide is a relatively new phenomenon, social inequality is a deeply entrenched part of our current social world...
