TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose As the deployment of ICT and the Internet especially increases all around the world, the urgency of providing access to the “have-nots” appears at least diminished, with new issues and urgencies at the forefront. However, studies show that even when the best conditions for access are established, not everyone uses their digital devices for the same purposes, even when sharing the same goals, or when participating in the same experiences.Methodology/approach To explore potential explanations of these phenomena, this study examines survey data from students from a private university in Peru regarding their backgrounds and expertise with ICT. We use the twin concepts of social and cultural capital to establish a connection between their larger lifeworld experiences and their use of digital media. For this purpose, we analyze the data using polychoric correlations to explore patterns resulting from self-perception of access and skills, as well as processes related to social capital such as differentiated media use.Findings Findings indicate that there are differentiated processes of capital accrual using ICTs, but, at the same time, the productive and leisure dimensions of ICT use must be considered.
VL  - 10
SN  - 978-1-78560-381-5, 978-1-78560-380-8/2050-2060
DO  - 10.1108/S2050-206020150000010004
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2050-206020150000010004
AU  - Villanueva-Mansilla Eduardo
AU  - Nakano Teresa
AU  - Evaristo Inés
PY  - 2015
Y1  - 2015/01/01
TI  - From Divides to Capitals: An Exploration of Digital Divides as Expressions of Social and Cultural Capital
T2  - Communication and Information Technologies Annual
T3  - Studies in Media and Communications
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 89
EP  - 117
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -