ISBN:
9780415525442
,
9781299685598
,
9781135088361
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XX, 324 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology 73
Parallel Title:
Print version The Digital Divide: The internet and social inequality in international perspective
DDC:
302.23/1
Keywords:
Equality
;
Information society
;
Digital divide
;
Digital divide
;
Equality
;
Information society
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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 infra
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; The Digital Divide; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Author biographies; Preface; Introduction; SECTION 1 Theories of the digital divide; 1 The reproduction and reconfiguration of inequality: Differentiation and class, status and power in the dynamics of digital divides; 2 A theory of the digital divide; Section 2 Highly developed nations and regions; 3 The digital divide in Europe; 4 The Internet and social inequalities in the U.S.; 5 Missing in the midst of abundance: The case of broadband adoption in Japan; Section 3 Rapidly developing large nations - the BRIC nations
Description / Table of Contents:
6 The digital divide in Brazil: Conceptual, research and policy challenges7 Digitizing Russia: The uneven pace of progress toward ICT equality; 8 The digital divide in India: Inferences from the information and communication technology workforce; 9 The digital divide in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: The barriers of first order and second order digital divide; Section 4 Eastern Europe; 10 The Internet and digital divide in South Eastern Europe: Connectivity does not end the digital divide, skills do
Description / Table of Contents:
11 Closing the gap, are we there yet?: Reflections on the persistence of second-level digital divide among adolescents in Central and Eastern Europe12 Behind the slogan of "e-State": Digital stratification in Estonia; Section 5 The Middle East region; 13 Digitally divided we stand: The contribution of digital media to the Arab Spring; 14 Explaining digital inequalities in Israel: Juxtaposing the conflict and cultural perspectives; 15 An analysis of the second-level digital divide in Iran: A case study of University of Tehran undergraduate students
Description / Table of Contents:
Section 6 Under-studied countries and regions16 The digital divide in the Latin American context; 17 The Central Asian digital divide; 18 The double digital divide and social inequality in Asia: Comparative research on Internet cafes in Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines; 19 Dimensions of the mobile divide in Niger; Afterword: Internet freedom, nuanced digital divides, and the Internet craftsman; Index
Description / Table of Contents:
section 1. Theories of the digital dividesection 2. Highly developed nations and regions -- section 3. Rapidly developing large nations : the BRIC nations -- section 4. Eastern Europe -- section 5. The Middle East region -- section 6. Under-studied countries and regions.
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