Digital capital : a bourdieusian perspective on the digital divide / Massimo Ragnedda and Maria Laura Ruiu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ragnedda, Massimo, 1976- author.

Ruiu, Maria Laura, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital divide.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

This work represents the first attempt to position digital capital as cumulative and transferable, independent from, and intertwined with the other five forms of capitals. The book aims to propose a theoretical toolkit and empirical model that can be used by policy makers to tackle social inequalities created by the digital exclusion of citizens.

Contents:

Cover

DIGITAL CAPITAL

Endorsements

DIGITAL CAPITALA: Bourdieusian Perspective on the Digital Divide

Copyright

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Introduction

1. Defining Digital Capital

1.1 The Concept of Capital in Bourdieusian Terms

1.2 Do We Need a New Capital?

1.3 Digital Capital as a Specific Capital

1.4 Defining Digital Capital

1.5 The Influence of Digital Capital over the Three Levels of Digital Divide

2. Operationalising Digital Capital

2.1 Identifying an Empirical Model

2.2 Measuring Digital Capital

2.3 How to Use Digital Capital Index to Investigate Digital Inequalities

2.4 Testing Digital Capital Index

3. Implications

3.1 Fostering Life Chances: The Importance to Monitor Digital Capital

3.2 Digital Inclusion Policies

Conclusions

APPENDIX: MEASURING DIGITAL CAPITAL

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781839095504

1839095504