Digital Capital

verfasst von: Dr. Sora Park

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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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction

Abstract

Digital inclusion policies are being challenged because the existing rift between haves and have-nots cannot be resolved by merely providing technology to those who are lacking. For a more inclusive policy, there is a need to identify new pockets of digital exclusion that have emerged with the evolving technologies. A new framework to examine digital inclusion is proposed that incorporates preconditions, engagement, and outcomes. Digital capital—a concept that captures the user’s digital technology ecosystem—helps us understand how and why there are varying degrees of usage and benefits amongst users when given the same technology. A brief outline of subsequent chapters is provided in this introduction.

Titel: Digital Capital
verfasst von: Dr. Sora Park
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-59332-0
Print ISBN: 978-1-137-59331-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59332-0