Authors
Esteve Sanz, Geomina Turlea
Publication date
2012/9/1
Journal
Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research
Volume
25
Issue
3
Pages
337-353
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Description
In this article we quantitatively explore digital inequalities in the context of the on-going transition toward a new communication landscape, defined by the emergence of a mass self-communication system as well as of a new culture of convergence around media consumption and production. Digital communication inequalities arise when technological, socio-economic, cultural and institutional factors influence active participation in this emerging communication system, a process that is and will continue to be particularly relevant among the young. While communication inequalities have been the object of much theoretical and qualitative research, their statistical analysis remains unattended. We used recent Eurostat micro-data to better understand how demographic, socio-economic and cultural factors affect communication inequalities in Europe, performing a detailed statistical analysis on the Spanish case. We …
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E Sanz, G Turlea - Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science …, 2012