Digital home-lessness: Exploring the links between public Internet access, technological capital, and social inequality.
Millions of individuals in the United States without a computer or broadband at their residence must rely on public libraries for their Internet access. Drawing on a rich data set of interviews and participant observation at three public libraries, we explore how individuals navigate these complex s...
| Publicado en: | Current Sociology Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 65 - 83 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jan2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=174631286&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 174631286 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00113921 CSO jtl: Current Sociology issn: 00113921 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jan2024 vid: 72 iid: 1 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. artinfo: ui: 174631286 10.1177/00113921221111819 ppf: 65 ppct: 18 formats: tig: atl: Digital home-lessness: Exploring the links between public Internet access, technological capital, and social inequality. aug: au: Comi, Matt Smith, Sarah Goettlich, Walter A Alexander, Perry Davidson, Drew Staples, William G affil: The University of Kansas, USA su: United States Internet access Internet privacy Equality Homelessness Social integration Public libraries Digital divide sug: subj: Internet access Internet privacy Equality Homelessness Social integration Public libraries United States Libraries Libraries and Archives Digital divide keyword: inequality surveillance technological capital acceso a internet brecha digital capital tecnológico desigualdad vigilancia accès à Internet capital technologique fracture numérique inégalités inequality surveillance technological capital acceso a internet brecha digital capital tecnológico desigualdad vigilancia accès à Internet capital technologique fracture numérique inégalités ab: Millions of individuals in the United States without a computer or broadband at their residence must rely on public libraries for their Internet access. Drawing on a rich data set of interviews and participant observation at three public libraries, we explore how individuals navigate these complex settings and how they profoundly shape their digital lives and experiences, one we characterize as digital home-lessness. In this article, we identify three themes that characterize the relationship between library computer use and digital home-lessness: lifeline encompasses the diverse set of activities that require computer and broadband access; negotiating access focuses on usability, privacy, and security disadvantages among these users; and risky business concentrates on the multiplicities of insecure Internet and computing practices exacerbated by low technological capital. Our findings push forward literature on the digital divide by illuminating how the experience of digital home-lessness limits social inclusion and reproduces socioeconomic inequality. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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