Digital practices across the UK population: The influence of socio-economic and techno-social variables in the use of the Internet

Daniele Calderon; Massimo Ragnedda; Maria Ruiu

doi:10.1177/02673231211046785

Digital practices across the UK population: The influence of socio-economic and techno-social variables in the use of the Internet

Daniele Calderon, Massimo Ragnedda^*, Maria Ruiu

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This article investigates the entanglement between socio-economic and technological factors in conditioning people's patterns of Internet use. We analysed the influence of sociodemographic and techno-social aspects in conditioning the distinctive digital practices developed by Internet users. By using a representative sample of UK users and different methods of analysis, such as factor analysis, K-means cluster analysis and logit analysis, this study shows how techno-social variables have a stronger effect than socio-economic variables in explaining the advanced use of the Internet.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	284-311
Number of pages	28
Journal	European Journal of Communication
Volume	37
Issue number	3
Early online date	4 Nov 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231211046785
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2022

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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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Digital divide
Internet related
Internet uses
digital inequalities
digital practices

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