Open AccessThe Digital Divide, Editura Polity Press, Cambridge, Regatul Unit, 2020. Jan van Dijk
Author(s) -
Mirela-Lăcrimioara Cosma
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sociologie românească
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2668-1455
pISSN - 1220-5389
DOI - 10.33788/sr.18.2.25
Subject(s) - digital divide , polity , inequality , social inequality , sociology , digital media , field (mathematics) , gender inequality , media studies , political science , computer science , information and communications technology , world wide web , law , mathematics , mathematical analysis , politics , pure mathematics
The Digital Divide is the result of 25 years of research in the field of digital division. It summarizes the latest studies from access to digital devices (first level of the digital divide), to digital skills and use (level II) and the results/benefits of using or not using digital (level III). The aim of the paper is to clarify the latest concepts on digital inequality and its relationship with social division. Jan van Dijk presents the theories underlying the spread of technology in society and the main directions of approach in recent studies, according to which the use of media technologies reduces social inequality, increases social inequality or has no effect on it.