Digital Capital
by Sora Park /
2017 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
