European inventory of
societal values of culture

DIGITAL INEQUALITY, DIGITAL DIVIDE

In an increasingly digital world, we are confronted with new and reinforced inequalities that exclude and disadvantage parts of our societies. These new inequalities are determined by access to the internet, engagement with digital media, and the skills to navigate the plethora of available digital devices, platforms, and services. Scholarship has been exploring the digital forms of inequalities since the mid-1990s, and the discussion frequently centred on the notion of a ‘digital divide’.

Continue reading ...
All

Hargittai - Second-Level Digital Divide

Hargittai, E. (2002). Second-Level Digital Divide: Differences in People’s Online Skills. First Monday, 7(4)

van Deursen, & Helsper - The Third-Level Digital Divide

van Deursen, A.J.A.M. and Helsper, E.J. (2015) The Third-Level Digital Divide: Who Benefits Most from Being Online? Communication and Information Technologies Annual (Studies in Media and Communications, Vol. 10), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 29-52.

Gómez - The third digital divide and Bourdieu

Gómez, D. C. (2021), The third digital divide and Bourdieu: Bidirectional conversion of economic, cultural, and social capital to (and from) digital capital among young people in Madrid. New media & society, 23(9): 2534–2553.

Ragnedda - Conceptualizing Digital Capital

Ragnedda, M. (2018) Conceptualizing Digital Capital. Telematics and Informatics, 35 (8):  2366-2375

DiMaggio & Hargittai - From the “digital divide” to “digital inequality"

DiMaggio, P., & Hargittai, E. (2001). From the “digital divide” to “digital inequality”: Studying internet use as penetration increases. Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton University, Working Paper #15 

van Dijk - The Digital Divide

van Dijk, J. (2020) The Digital Divide. Polity Press. ISBN 978-1-509-53444-9

Helsper - The Digital Disconnect

Helsper, E. (2021). The Digital Disconnect: The Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequalities. SAGE Publications.

Weingartner - Digital omnivores?

Weingartner, S. (2021). Digital omnivores? How digital media reinforce social inequalities in cultural consumption. New Media & Society, 23(11): 3370–3390.

Mihelj, Leguina & Downey - Culture is digital

Mihelj, S., Leguina, A., & Downey, J. (2019). Culture is digital: Cultural participation, diversity and the digital divide. New Media & Society, 21(7), 1465–1485.

Kvasny & Truex - Information technology and the cultural reproduction of social order

Kvasny, L. & Truex, D. (2000) Information technology and the cultural reproduction of social order. In Baskerville, R., Stage, J. and DeGross, J. I. (eds) Organizational and Social Perspectives on Information Technology, (277-294). New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Cvetičanin, Petrić & Koludrović - Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook

Cvetičanin, P.,  M. Petrić & I. Tomić Koludrović (2023). Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook. INVENT publication.

Lamberti, López Sintas / Sukphan – The social process of Internet appropriation

Lamberti, G., López Sintas, J., & J. Sukphan (2021). The social process of Internet appropriation: Living in a digitally advanced country benefits less well-educated Europeans. Telecommunications Policy, 45(1), 102055.

Lamberti, López Sintas & Sukphan – Explaining the digital divide in the European Union

Lamberti, G., López Sintas, J., & J. Sukphan (2023) Explaining the digital divide in the European Union: the complementary role of information security concerns in the social process of internet appropriation. Information Technology for Development, 1-27. 

» NEW! » Rindzevičiūtė - AI, a wicked problem for cultural policy?

Eglė Rindzevičiūtė (2022) AI, a wicked problem for cultural policy? Pre-empting controversy and the crisis of cultural participation, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 28:7, 829-844, DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2022.2137151 

» NEW! » Cvetičanin et al. - Cultural Practices and Socio-Digital Inequalities in Europe

Cvetičanin, P., Pereira, L. P., Petrić, M., Tomić-Koludrović, I., Lebaron, F., & Zdravković, Ž. (2024). Cultural Practices and Socio-Digital Inequalities in Europe: Towards a Unified Research Framework in Cultural Participation Studies. Cultural Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/17499755231222520