The Digital Divide: The Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective

Book Overview

This book provides a comparative analysis of inequality in the digital sphere. Grounded in sociological theories of inequality, it defines 'the digital divide' as unequal access to Internet communication technologies and explores how it has the potential to replicate existing social inequalities, as well as create new forms of stratification.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415525446
• ISBN13: 9780415525442
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"