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Cultural (Re)production of digital inequality in a US community technology initiative
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In this article, a study of a CTC initiative in an inner-city community explores the role of culture in reproducing digital inequality, which reflects not only disparities in the structure of access to and use of ICT, but also reflects the ways in which longstanding social inequalities shape beliefs and expectations regarding ICT and its impacts on life chances.Abstract:
In the US, community technology centers (CTC) are a policy response to facilitate the diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) to citizens who might otherwise lack access to these resources. The implicit assumption guiding CTC initiatives is that access to ICT will improve the life chances of the individuals who become involved in these centers. It is, however, prudent to empirically examine this assumption because the case for community technology interventions is somewhat weakened if the benefits of ICT use fail to accrue to those who are disadvantaged. Informed by Bourdieu's theory of reproduction, this study of a CTC initiative in an inner-city community explores the role of culture in reproducing digital inequality. Digital inequality reflects not only disparities in the structure of access to and use of ICT; it also reflects the ways in which longstanding social inequities shape beliefs and expectations regarding ICT and its impacts on life chances. While this initiative is cons...read more
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