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Digital Capital

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Digital Capital

Park, Sora

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2017-11-20

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137593313

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-59332-0

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 247

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