Digital Divides From Access to Activities: Comparing Mobile and Personal Computer Internet Users.

Digital inequality can take many forms. Four forms studied here are access to Internet, use of different devices, extent of usage, and engagement in different Internet activities. However, it is not clear whether sociodemographic factors, or devices, are more influential in usage and activities. Res...

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Publicado en:Journal of Communication Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 721 - 745
Autores principales: Pearce, Katy E., Rice, Ronald E.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Aug2013
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          Department of Communication, University of Washington, Seattle WA, 98195‐3740, USA
          Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA, 93106‐4020, USA
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        Internet access
        Personal computers
        Internet & society
        Digital divide
        Wireless Internet
        Computer users -- Research
        Mobile communication systems
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          Internet access
          Personal computers
          Internet & society
          Wired Telecommunications Carriers
          Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
          Electronic Computer Manufacturing
          Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
          Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
          Digital divide
          Wireless Internet
          Computer users -- Research
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      ab: Digital inequality can take many forms. Four forms studied here are access to Internet, use of different devices, extent of usage, and engagement in different Internet activities. However, it is not clear whether sociodemographic factors, or devices, are more influential in usage and activities. Results from an unfamiliar context show that there are significant sociodemographic influences on access, device, usage, and activities, and differences in activities by device type and usage. While sociodemographic differences are more influential, device type can increase likelihood of use for some 'capital enhancing' activities, but only for a computer. Thus, although mobile Internet is available for those on the wrong side of the digital divide, these users do not engage in many activities, decreasing potential benefits.
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