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Getting things done: Inequalities, Internet use and everyday life
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posted on 2020-05-29, 14:38 authored by Adrian LeguinaAdrian Leguina, John DowneyJohn DowneyThe study of mundane, everyday uses of the Internet remains an emerging field of inquiry.
Analysing data from a large seven country survey of Internet use and adapting concepts and
methods developed by Bourdieu, we show that there are distinct clusters of users who use
the Internet in diverse ways to solve everyday problems such as buying a mobile phone or
diagnosing an illness. Such everyday problem solving is dependent upon degrees of
economic, social, digital and cultural capital, and varies across countries. A comparative
methodological strategy combined the use of Multiple Correspondence Analysis,
Hierarchical Cluster Analysis, and for the first time in the field, Multiple Factor Analysis for
Contingency Tables. Extending the work of Bourdieu and the sociology of class more
generally, we argue that digital capital functions as a bridging capital aiding the
convertibility of other forms of capital to the benefit of already advantaged groups.
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- Social Sciences and Humanities
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- Communication and Media
- Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy
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New Media and SocietyVolume
23Issue
7Pages
1824-1849Publisher
SAGE PublicationsVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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This is an Open Access Article. It is published by SAGE under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Acceptance date
2020-05-01Publication date
2021-07-27Copyright date
2021ISSN
1461-4448eISSN
1461-7315Publisher version
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- en
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Dr Adrian Leguina Deposit date: 28 May 2020Usage metrics
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