Digital Capital - 9781349955206

This book describes and understands the many factors that influence a personÆs behavior towards digital technologies, and how that affects the personÆs potential to benefit from digital society. The ability to adapt to these new technological environments - and the extent to which an individual embraces them - has become critical to an individualÆs well-being and quality of life, the underlying assumption being that only by effectively engaging with digital technologies can the user accrue benefits from the experience. By introducing the concept ôdigital capital,ö which refers to the conditions that determine how people access, use, and engage with digital technology, Park examines how the digital ecosystem of the user lead to new forms of digital inequality. Using numerous empirical studies on internet users and non-users, as well as recommending small localized solutions to the big global problem, a critical and alternative perspective of the digital divide is provided.

• | Author: Sora Park
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Aug 23, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 260 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1349955205
• | ISBN-13: 9781349955206