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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255091103321

Autore

Park Sora

Titolo

Digital Capital  / / by Sora Park

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

1-137-59332-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 247 p. 22 illus.)

Disciplina

306.071

Soggetti

Digital media

Communication

Culture

Technology

Digital/New Media

Media and Communication

Culture and Technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- Part 1. Reconceptualising Digital Inclusion -- 2. The Varied Spectrum of Digital Engagement -- 3. State of Digital Inequalities: The Interplay Between Social and Digital Exclusion -- 4. Understanding Digital Capital Within a User’s Digital Technology Ecosystem -- 5. Preconditions of Digital Engagement -- Part 2. New Problems and Solutions. - 6. The Digital Shift -- 7. Digital Fluency --  8. Information is Power -- Part 3. The Paradigm Shift in Digital Inclusion Policies -- 9. New models of digital training -- 10. Revisiting Digital Divide Policies in the Age of Hyperconnectivity.-.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes and understands the many factors that influence a person’s behavior towards digital technologies, and how that affects the person’s potential to benefit from digital society. The ability to adapt to these new technological environments - and the extent to which an individual embraces them - has become critical to an individual’s well-being and quality of life, the underlying assumption being that only by effectively engaging with digital technologies can the user accrue benefits from the experience. By introducing the concept



“digital capital,” which refers to the conditions that determine how people access, use, and engage with digital technology, Park examines how the digital ecosystem of the user lead to new forms of digital inequality. Using numerous empirical studies on internet users and non-users, as well as recommending small localized solutions to the big global problem, a critical and alternative perspective of the digital divide is provided.