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The Third-Level Digital Divide: Who Benefits Most from Being Online?

Alexander J. A. M. van Deursen
Ellen J. Helsper

Communication and Information Technologies Annual

ISBN: 978-1-78560-381-5, eISBN: 978-1-78560-380-8

ISSN: 2050-2060

Publication date: 12 December 2015

Abstract

Social implications

When information and services are offered online, the number of potential outcomes the internet has to offer increases. If individuals with higher social status are taking greater offline advantage from digital engagement than their lower status counterparts, existing offline inequalities could potentially be acerbated.

Keywords

  • Outcomes
  • Third-level digital divide
  • Internet use
  • Digital inequality
  • Social inequality

Citation

van Deursen, A. and Helsper, E. (2015), "The Third-Level Digital Divide: Who Benefits Most from Being Online?", Communication and Information Technologies Annual (Studies in Media and Communications, Vol. 10), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 29-52. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2050-206020150000010002

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