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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778104503321

Autore

Mossberger Karen

Titolo

Digital citizenship : the internet, society, and participation / / Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert, and Ramona S. McNeal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008

ISBN

0-262-25019-5

0-262-28028-0

1-282-09921-3

9786612099212

1-4356-0603-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TolbertCaroline J

McNealRamona S

Disciplina

303.48/33

Soggetti

Information society

Citizenship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Defining digital citizenship -- Benefits of society online : economic opportunity / with Kimberly Johns -- Benefits of society online : civic engagement / with Jason McDonald -- Benefits of society online : political participation -- From the digital divide to digital citizenship / with Bridgett King -- Broadband and digital citizenship -- Public education and universal access : beyond the digital divide -- Appendix : multivariate regression models.

Sommario/riassunto

This analysis of how the ability to participate in society online affects political and economic opportunity finds that technology use matters in wages and income and civic participation and voting.