IMPACT OF DIGITAL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION ON SOCIAL INEQUALITIES

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  • Created on: 30-03-18 18:39
AGE: OFCOM
2014, 66% of online adults habe a current s.network profile / 83% adults online / 98% 16-34 / 42% 65+ - 62% UK adults use a smart phone
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AGE AND TECH: BOYLE AND BERRY
each generation becomes more dependent on dig.com // DIGITAL DIVIDE
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PRENSKY
young people as digital natives: internet is their natural environment
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SOCIAL CLASS: HELSPER: DIGITAL UNDERCLASS
can't afford the up to date = greater disad & less social capital e.g. in education // KNOWLEDGE GAP // feel removed from society
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GENDER: LI AND KIRKUP
women = s.media 42% women vs. 34% men // men = work base networking sites
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HARAWAY
women have a muted voice; not taken seriously online as males
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CULT HOMO / DEFENCE (Bruce)/ AND GLOCALISATION
developed world dominates, spreads western ideas e.g. capitalism etc through dig.com - Microsoft geared to US Eng when Spanish and Chinese widely spoken
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