Digital stratification: Class, status group, and party in the age of the Internet

Massimo Ragnedda; Glenn W. Muschert; Maria Laura Ruiu

doi:10.4135/9781529783193

Digital stratification: Class, status group, and party in the age of the Internet

Massimo Ragnedda, Glenn W. Muschert, Maria Laura Ruiu

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This chapter attempts to explain how and why the process of social stratification is relevant and valuable to the study of digital inequalities in a digital-enabled society. Digital inequalities are not separate forms of inequalities, but are related to social inequalities offline (Ragnedda, 2017). This chapter argues that digital inequalities are, similarly to social inequalities, influenced by the Weberian triadic relationship at the base of social stratification dynamics – namely, class, social status and power (Weber, 1949). ...

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Sage Handbook of Digital Society
Editors	William Housley, Adam Edwards, Roser Beneito-Montagut, Richard Fitzgerald
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	SAGE
Chapter	2
Pages	19-34
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9781526498779
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529783193
Publication status	Published - 2023

UN SDGs

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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

age groups
digital divide
inequalities
inequality
internet
social inequality
social stratification
social theory
status
stratification

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Digital stratification: Class, status group, and party in the age of the Internet. / Ragnedda, Massimo; Muschert, Glenn W.; Ruiu, Maria Laura.
The Sage Handbook of Digital Society. ed. / William Housley; Adam Edwards; Roser Beneito-Montagut; Richard Fitzgerald. London: SAGE, 2023. p. 19-34.

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Digital stratification: Class, status group, and party in the age of the Internet

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