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

Calderon, Daniele, Ragnedda, Massimo and Ruiu, Maria (2022) Digital practices across the UK population: The influence of socio-economic and techno-social variables in the use of the Internet. European Journal of Communication, 37 (3). pp. 284-311. ISSN 0267-3231

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Abstract

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.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Funding information: The author(s) received financial support for the research from British Academy SRG18R1\180983.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Digital divide, digital inequalities, digital practices, Internet related, Internet uses
Subjects: J900 Others in Technology
L900 Others in Social studies
P900 Others in Mass Communications and Documentation
Department: Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Arts
Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Social Sciences
Depositing User: John Coen
Date Deposited: 02 Sep 2021 09:34
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2022 09:16
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/47047

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