Digital Capital
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Digital Capital

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Digital Capital

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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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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2017
ISBN
9781137593320
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Media Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Tables
  5. Chapter 1 Introduction
  6. Part I Reconceptualising Digital Inclusion
  7. Chapter 2 The Varied Spectrum of Digital Engagement
  8. Chapter 3 The State of Digital Inequalities: Interplay Between Social and Digital Exclusion
  9. Chapter 4 Understanding Digital Capital Within a User’s Digital Technology Ecosystem
  10. Chapter 5 Preconditions of Digital Engagement
  11. Part II New Problems and Solutions
  12. Chapter 6 The Digital Shift
  13. Chapter 7 Digital Fluency
  14. Chapter 8 Information is Power
  15. Part III The Paradigm Shift in Digital Inclusion Policies
  16. Chapter 9 New Models of Digital Training
  17. Chapter 10 Revisiting Digital Divide Policies in the Age of Hyperconnectivity
  18. Appendix: List of Projects
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index