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Digital Capital

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Authors:
  1. Sora Park

    1. University of Canberra, Bruce, Canberra, Australia

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  • Explains why the use of digital technology varies among different people and what the long term consequences of such divergent uses are

  • Examines how 'digital capital' leads to new forms of digital inequality

  • Combines over a decade of empirical research on digital media users and policy discourse on digital divide

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-10
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  4. New Problems and Solutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. The Digital Shift

      • Sora Park
      Pages 109-127
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    3. Digital Fluency

      • Sora Park
      Pages 129-160
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    4. Information is Power

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      Pages 161-183
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  5. The Paradigm Shift in Digital Inclusion Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. New Models of Digital Training

      • Sora Park
      Pages 187-212
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    3. Revisiting Digital Divide Policies in the Age of Hyperconnectivity

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      Pages 213-232
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  6. Back Matter

    Pages 233-247
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About this book

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.



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“This is a timely intervention into the literature on digital inclusion, inequality, and literacy, which both historicises and updates the literature for our contemporary conditions of digital ubiquity.” (Dr Bjorn Nansen, The University of Melbourne, Australia)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Canberra, Bruce, Canberra, Australia

    Sora Park

About the author

Sora Park is Director of the News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra, Australia. Her research focuses on digital media users, media markets and policy.

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