Connected in Isolation
Digital Privilege in Unsettled Times
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
10 January 2023
Summary
What life during lockdown reveals about digital inequality.
The vast majority of people in wealthy, highly connected, or digitally privileged societies may have crossed the digital divide, but being online does not mean that everyone is equally connected—and digital inequality reflects experience both online and off. In Connected in Isolation, Eszter Hargittai looks at how this digital disparity played out during the unprecedented isolation imposed in the early days of the co…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262047371 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262047373 |
| Author: | Eszter Hargittai |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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“Connected in Isolation is an extraordinary document based on rigorous academic research principles. And while today, in the context of the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, it is without doubt a fascinating read, the full value of Hargittai’s work is yet to be realized. In the decades to come, Connected in Isolation will become required reading and an important research resource for those wishing to analyzes society’s response to the pandemic with the added perspective of elapsed time.” –E&T Engineering and Technology Magazine
About The Author
Eszter Hargittai
Eszter Hargittai is professor and chair of Internet Use & Society in the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich. She is editor of the Handbook of Digital Inequality, as well as three books on the behind-the-scenes realities of doing empirical social science research.
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