TY - JOUR
T1 - Converting Digital Capital in Five Key Life Realms
AU - Ragnedda, Massimo
AU - Ruiu, Maria
AU - Addeo, Felice
AU - Delli Paoli, Angela
PY - 2022/1/13
Y1 - 2022/1/13
N2 - This article theorizes fresh connections between Bourdieusian social theory, and the digital divide in five key areas: political, economic, cultural, social, and personal digital advantage. In so doing it makes new arguments about how digital resources result in benefits that accrue from the combination of both access to and use of ICTs. In this way, the findings shed additional light on the third level of the digital divide by focusing on the role played by digital capital in influencing the uneven distribution of benefits that derive from the use of the Internet. Based on a structured sample of the UK population, the article adopts the model of digital capital developed by Ragnedda, Ruiu and Addeo (2019). Findings show that varied levels of digital capital are related to engagement in activities that have political, social, economic, cultural, and personal valence. Thus, the study offers compelling evidence of the increasing importance of digital capital in everyday life.
AB - This article theorizes fresh connections between Bourdieusian social theory, and the digital divide in five key areas: political, economic, cultural, social, and personal digital advantage. In so doing it makes new arguments about how digital resources result in benefits that accrue from the combination of both access to and use of ICTs. In this way, the findings shed additional light on the third level of the digital divide by focusing on the role played by digital capital in influencing the uneven distribution of benefits that derive from the use of the Internet. Based on a structured sample of the UK population, the article adopts the model of digital capital developed by Ragnedda, Ruiu and Addeo (2019). Findings show that varied levels of digital capital are related to engagement in activities that have political, social, economic, cultural, and personal valence. Thus, the study offers compelling evidence of the increasing importance of digital capital in everyday life.
KW - Bourdieu
KW - capital
KW - digital capital
KW - digital divide
KW - digital inequalities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125530393&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.13136/isr.v12i1.517
DO - 10.13136/isr.v12i1.517
M3 - Article
VL - 12
SP - 19
EP - 40
JO - Italian Sociological Review
JF - Italian Sociological Review
SN - 2239-8589
IS - 1
ER -