Index
Petr Lupač
(Charles University, Czech Republic)
Beyond the Digital Divide: Contextualizing the Information Society
ISBN: 978-1-78756-548-7, eISBN: 978-1-78756-547-0
Publication date: 24 September 2018
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Lupač, P. (2018), "Index", Beyond the Digital Divide: Contextualizing the Information Society, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 207-211. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78756-547-020181001
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Copyright © 2018, Petr Lupač. Published under exclusive licence.
INDEX
Note: Page numbers followed by “n” with numbers indicate notes.
Adopters
, 56–57, 74, 83, 85, 155
Age
, 41, 53, 57, 60–63, 66, 68–71, 100, 102, 109–110, 113, 115–118, 121, 123, 127, 129–130, 153, 164
Anti-globalization movement
, 39
Automaton
, 29n46, 34
Broadband divide
, 85
Broadband Internet
, (see also Speed—of Internet connection), 85
Capital-enhancing online activities
, 123
Capitalism
, 9, 12–13, 16, 18, 20, 22–26, 28, 30, 177
global informational
, 34
industrial
, 29, 34
informational
, 29n46, 34, 40, 177, 179
and Internet
, 40n84
recapitalization
, 30
restructuring
, 32
Communication
channel
, 2, 55, 81, 135–136, 144, 151, 161, 163–165, 176, 177
skills
, 106–107, 115, 172–173
structure
, 34
Community technology center project
, 51
Comparative analysis
, 21, 63, 77n115, 122–123, 141
Composition of household
, 63–64
Computer skills
, 104–105, 139
Consumption
, 21–22, 27, 49, 69, 78
information
, 136
of luxury goods
, 74
Content creation skills
, 107
Content-related skills
, 105–106
Cyberapartheid
, 36
Cultural movements
, 38
Deepening divide
, (see also Digital divide research), 90, 114
thesis
, 114
Demand-side economies of scale
, (see Network effect)
Democratization
, 49
Diffusion of innovations theory (DOI)
, 55, 80–90
critique
, 82–84
curves and categorization of adopters
, 56
disconnection with and digital divide research
, 80–82
fundamental model of (basic model of)
, 82–84
normalization model
, 88–90
stratification model
, 5, 88–90, 155
Digital
generation
, 116–117
immigrants
, 116–117
inclusion
, 170
media
, 111
natives
, 116
skills
, (see Skills, digital)
Digital Agenda for Europe 2020 strategy
, 114
Digital divide
, 94–98
bridging
, 40–42, 59–75, 154–157
contextual approach to
, 5, 162, 165–173, 177
cultural reproduction of
, 148
dual
, 99
gaps in internet usage
, 118–131
global
, 75–80, 145–146
gravity of
, 2, 5, 75–76, 80, 88, 113, 124, 131, 137, 154
key argument
, 95–96, 104
paradox of the digital divide
, 164
organically closing digital divide argument
, 55–58
perpetual resurgence of
, 84–87
Digital divide research
, 1, 45, 58, 176
adaptation to technological change
, 135
early research
, 48–51
matrix of digital divide dimensions
, 92–93
Digital divide thesis
, 4–5, 47–48, 87, 96, 98, 103, 111, 123, 135–136, 140, 148, 151, 157, 167–170
assumptions
, 84, 133–157
validity
, 47, 84, 101, 130–131, 133–134, 147, 154, 164, 166
Digitization
, (see also Informatization), 161
Discursive analysis
, 166, 170
Displacement hypothesis
, 141–143
Dropouts
, 99, 101, 102
Dual digital divide
, 99
E-future
, 53
Economy
development
, 138, 147
neoliberalism
, 171
segmentation of
, 33
Education
, 68–69, 78, 89, 98, 102, 109–110, 121–122, 124, 127, 139, 150, 164
Employment
, 71, 68, 97, 99, 140n30
reemployment
, 139
structure
, 11–12, 26
unemployment
, 33–34, 72, 102
Endogeneity trap
, 177n12
Equipment
functional
, (see also technology maintenance), 120
ICT
, 67, 80
Etatism
, 24, 28, 29
Ethnicity
, 41, 53, 59, 60, 65, 67–68, 75, 95, 102
Euro-American cultural sphere
, 15, 75
European Union (EU)
, 52, 172, 178, 179
Ex-users
, (see Dropouts)
Exclusion
, 33–34, 160
Facebook
, 108, 162, 164, 171, 173
Financial resources, insufficient
, 103, 153
Formal learning
, 114
Functional equipment
, 120
Gender
, 41, 53, 66, 75, 95
local gender dynamics
, 66
Geographic mobility
, 166
Geography of the Internet
, 73
Gini coefficient
, 53, 60, 76
Global digital divide
, 75–80, 145–146
Global geometry of new economy
, 33–34
Global informational capitalism
, 34
Global institutions
, 76
Globalization
, 20, 30–31, 41
technological dimension
, 49
Google
, 171
Gravity of digital divide
, 2, 5, 75–76, 80, 88, 113, 124, 131, 137, 154
HomeNet study
, 141–142
Household, composition of
, 63–64
Ideology, information society as
, 7, 168
Increase hypothesis
, 141–142, 144–145
Indispensability
, 160
Individual learning
, 114
Individual-blame bias
, 150–153, 167
Industrial Age
, 8, 28
Industrial mode of development
, 27
Industrial society
, 35
Inequality
, 1, 45
categorical
, 95–96
digital
, 91
ethnic or racial
, 67–68
global
, 75, 87, 171
income
, 53, 70, 78, 138
local
, 87
social
, 3, 41, 51, 54, 57–58, 71, 75, 80–81, 94–96, 100, 115, 131, 150, 154–156, 167–168, 173, 177
source of
, 97, 115, 160
spatial
, 71–72
structural
, 104, 124
Information
, 27
critique of
, 11
economy
, 9
policies
, 52, 75, 86, 114, 140, 150, 164–165, 167–173, 177
skills
, 105–106, 110, 113
society
, 134, 137, 170
Information Age
, 10, 13, 17, 39, 45, 49, 99, 172, 176, 179
Information and communication technology (ICT)
, 1, 2, 57, 85
diffusion
, 155
infrastructure
, 137
non-exceptionality of ICT argument
, 53–55
reduction of
, 134–136
skills
, (see Skills)
Information society theory
, 2, 3, 10, 147, 164–165, 167, 175–180
arguments and versions
, 10–16
comparison of Webster and Duff’s typology
, 15
milestones in development of
, 8–10
Information technology
, 134
paradigm
, 28
revolution
, 28
Informational capitalism
, 29n46, 34, 40, 177, 179
Informational democracy
, 42
Informational mode of development
, 27
Informationalism
, 27, 28, 31, 39, 40
Informatization
, 14, 171, 175, 180
inevitability of
, 153–154
presupposed inevitability
, 153–154
Innovativeness
, 55, 57, 61, 72, 85, 166
Intermittent users
, 99
Internet
, 1, 79, 134–136, 139, 159, 162
access
, 148–149, 159
diffusion
, 161
geography
, 73
infrastructure
, 176
Internet-mediated communication
, 142
universal necessity assumption
, 147–150
Internet Galaxy
, 34
Joho Shakai
, 13
Knowledge
gap
, 124, 127–128, 136
industry
, 8
knowledge-based economy
, 9
society
, 3
worker
, 8
Knowledgeability
, 128, 145, 160, 166
Labour market
, 66, 68–69, 72, 74, 106, 138–140, 161, 164–165
Lapsed users
, (see Dropouts)
Learning
in communities
, 114, 130
formal
, 114
individual
, 114
informal
, 114
LinkedIn
, 162
Machlup, Fitz
, 8–9, 13n29
Marxism
, 18, 19, 25, 168
Mass media
, 3, 8, 35–36, 69, 82, 124, 126–127
Mass communication, transformation of
, 35–36
Mass self-communication
, 35
Matthew effect
, (see Rich-get-richer hypothesis), 125, 126–128
Metcalfe’s law
, 61n52, 162
Microelectronics
, 28
Microsoft
, 171
Mobile phone
, 85–87, 135, 162
Smartphones
, 67
SMS communication
, 135–136
Mode of production
, 20, 24, 26
capitalist
, 18, 22–23, 26
Modernization
, 12, 22, 27, 126, 171
Myspace (social networking platforms)
, 162
N-Gen
, 116
National economies
, 33
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
, 46, 48, 49
Net Evaders
, 101
Network enterprise
, 31, 32
Network effect
, 61n52
Network externality
, (see Network effect)
Network society
, 24, 29, 177
Networked individualism
, 37
New economy
formation
, 30–31
global geometry
, 33–34
Non-users
, 98, 99
proxy use
, 153
psychologization
, 149
typology of
, 99
Online activities
, 5, 50, 58, 86, 106, 108, 112, 115, 118, 122–130, 134, 137, 143
Operational skills
, 105
Organization(al)
change
, 30–31, 32
contemporary forms of
, 32
network enterprise
, 32
transformations
, 32
Outcomes of Internet use
, 91, 107, 111–113, 129–130
digital factors of
, 146
proportional, positive and constant outcomes
, 136–147
Paradox of the digital divide
, 164
Post-industrial society
, 3, 9–10
Post-modern society
, 3
Pro-innovation bias
, 153–154
Production
, 21, 24
late-capitalist
, 20
mode of
, 20, 24, 26
Proxy use
, 153
Psychologization
, 149
Public transport infrastructure
, 163
Race
, 53, 59, 60, 67, 68
Reflexive modernization theory
, 12
Reproduction
cultural of digital divide
, 148
intergenerational
, 41
social
, 126
Resistance, transformation of
, 38–40
Rich-get-richer hypothesis
, 145–146
S-curve of adoption
, 55–57, 69, 88, 89, 153
Science and technology studies
, 178
Self-efficacy
, 109n240
Skills, digital
communication skills
, 106, 107, 115, 172–173
computer skills
, 104–105, 139
content creation skills
, 107
content-related skills
, 105–106
formal skills
, 105–106, 109–110
information skills
, 105–106, 110, 113
medium-related skills
, 105, 109
operational skills
, 105
performance tests
, 110
strategic skills
, 105–106, 111
typology of
, 105–106
Sociability
, 37n72, 65, 166
displacement hypothesis
, 141–143
increase hypothesis
, 141–142, 144–145
rich-get-richer hypothesis
, 145–146
social-compensation hypothesis
, 145
supplement hypothesis
, 141
transformation of
, 36–38
Social
change
, 3, 8, 11–12, 14–17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 28, 38, 40, 43, 155, 178
distribution of knowledge
, 156
engagement
, 166
environment
, 150
formations
, 18
participation via alternative routes
, 137
responsibility of sociologists
, 178
Social capital
, 141–142
Social construction of information society
, 3
Social networks
, 29–30, 160, 161
peer effects
, 65
Social structure
, 3, 9, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 33, 39, 40, 125–126, 128, 175, 178
Social support
, 38
in Internet use
, 65, 123, 151–153, 160–161
Society
information
, 2, 4, 10–13, 16, 27, 84, 90, 125, 134, 137, 154, 170–171, 175, 178, 180
informational
, 14, 27n40, 101, 176
interactive
, 36
postindustrial
, 10
two-speed
, 88
Socio-technical infrastructure
, 178
Solaris
, 33
Soviet socialism
, 26
Space
social
, 55, 73
socially structured
, 71
subnational
, 71, 73–74
urban
, 17, 20, 21, 24, 31
Spatial inequality on national level
, 71
Speed
of economic processes
, 138
of innovation diffusion
, 55
of Internet connection
, 74, 76, 84–86
Sporadic use
, 100
Strategic skills
, 105–106, 111
Stratification model
, 88–90
Structuralism
, 20
Subnational spaces
, 71, 73–74
Supplement hypothesis
, 141
Techno-economic structure
, 9
Technology
, (see also Information and communication technology (ICT))
maintenance
, 100
spheres
, 28
Technology Opportunities Program
, 51
Telecommunications
, 28, 162
Telephone
, 50, 79, 143–144, 155
Theory of information society (TIS)
, 2, 7–16, 125, 134, 157, 164
as ideology
, 173
critiques of
, 168
Japanese
, 14
universal applicability of
, 177
validity of
, 131, 147, 176
Threshold hypothesis
, 143, 147
Total inclusion principle
, 164–165
Totalizing tendency of theory
, 175, 175n3, 176–177
Touraine, Alain
, 17
‘Truly unconnected’
, 99, 101, 102
Unemployment
, 33–34, 72, 102
United Nations Development Programme
, 76
Universal
dispensability
, 159
modernization
, 27
Urbanization
, 22–23, 78
dependent
, 22–23
forms of
, 20
indicators
, 22
mass
, 41
Usage gap
, 124–125
growing usage gap thesis
, 126
Volatility, economic
, 33, 41, 138
World Summit on Information Society
, 76
World Wide Web (www)
, 45
- Prelims
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Searching for the Core of the Information Society Theory: Developments, Versions, Arguments
- Chapter 3 Manuel Castells: Towards the Digital Divide of the Information Age
- Chapter 4 Digital Divide Research
- Chapter 5 Tenuous Assumptions in Digital Divide Research
- Chapter 6 Understanding Indispensability: Contexts, Networks and Discourses
- Chapter 7 Conclusion: Towards a New Theory of Information Society
- Bibliography
- Index