Communication and Information Technologies Annual
Digital Distinctions & Inequalities
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Cultural Stratification on the Internet: Five Clusters of Values and Beliefs among Users in Britain. The Third-Level Digital Divide: Who Benefits Most from Being Online?. What is New in the Digital Divide? Understanding Internet Use by Teenagers from Different Social Backgrounds. From Divides to Capitals: An Exploration of Digital Divides as Expressions of Social and Cultural Capital. Mind the Emotional Gap: The Impact of Emotional Costs on Student Learning Outcomes. Online Banking for the Ages: Generational Differences in Institutional and System Trust. Interethnic Ties via Mobile Communications in Homogeneous and Ethnically Mixed Cities: A Structural Diversification Approach. Contextualizing Open Wi-Fi Network Use with Multiple Capitals. Roads and Roadblocks to Digital Inclusion: An Analysis of a Public Policy Program in California. About the Authors. About the Editors. Acknowledgments. Copyright page. EDITORIAL BOARD. Communication and Information Technologies Annual. List of Contributors. Studies in Media and Communications. Communication and Information Technologies Annual. Introduction: Digital Distinctions and Inequalities.
Exploring digital distinctions and inequalities, sociologists and information and communication scholars discuss new perspectives on digital stratification; diversities of usage, social class, and capital; emotions and disposition; open wi-fi and mobile networks; and public policy. Among their topics are cultural stratification on the Internet: five clusters of values and beliefs among users in Britain, understanding Internet use by teenagers from different social backgrounds, the impact of emotional costs on student learning outcomes, inter-ethnic ties with mobile communications in homogeneous and ethnically mixed cities: a structural diversification approach, and an analysis of a public policy program on digital inclusion in California.