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

Book Overview

This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere.

Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines 'the digital divide' as the unequal access and utility of internet communications 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"