A Multidimensional Analysis of the Disability Digital Divide: Some Evidence for Internet Use

Cuervo, María Rosalía Vicente; López, Ángela Atienza

doi:10.1080/01615440903423245

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“…Furthermore, the work environment has proven to be an important support enabler when it concerns the use of the Internet, especially help from colleagues which proved even more important than formal means (e.g., training) organized by the organization . Another socio-economic factor related to digital engagement is health, often operationalized as having a disability that hinders activities considered normal in daily life such as work Vicente & Lopez, 2010). We hypothesize that:…”

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Do the rich get digitally richer? Quantity and quality of support for digital engagement

Helsper

Deursen

2016

Information, Communication & Society

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This paper asks what predicts having access to and using social support networks that might help an individual in using the Internet. Following the course taken by the digital divide or digital inclusion research, this paper uses socio-cultural, socio-economic, social, and digital indicators to predict access to and the type of potential and actual social support networks that might help an individual in using the Internet. In addition, the paper examines the quality of the support received which is neglected in most investigations that mainly focus on quantitative indicators of support. The study draws on a representative survey conducted in the Netherlands; 1149 responses were obtained. The results show that while there are no real inequalities in access to and use of support, the quality of the support that people access is unequally distributed replicating existing patterns of disadvantage. Thus, access to support is another level at which the digital divide manifests and strengthens itself. Those who experience most problems online also seem to have the most difficulty obtaining high-quality support even when it is available, creating an even larger 'gap' between those who do and do not need support. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Socio-economic Indicators and Digital Engagementmentioning

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Do the rich get digitally richer? Quantity and quality of support for digital engagement

Helsper

Deursen

2016

Information, Communication & Society

108

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“…However, it is estimated that on average only 42% of people aged 55-74 in European countries access the internet regularly [36] and empirical research shows that disabled people are half as likely to access the internet as people without disabilities [37]. It is therefore questionable that the internet should be the sole medium to make this type of information available to older or disabled people.…”

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The public gets what the public wants: Experiences of public reporting in long-term care in Europe

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“…In one sense, the exclusionary design of some of the new technologies 'add[s] significant weight to a social barriers model of disability' (Roulstone, 1998: 1). At the same time, there has been also a tendency among Internet scholars to assimilate accessibility issues to the digital divide paradigm (Vicente and Lopez, 2010;Warschauer, 2003), which points at the inequalities caused by a disparity in Internet access, use and IT literacy to argue that online media may be inherently dangerous for democracy and society more generally (Norris, 2001). …”

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Disability activism in the new media ecology: campaigning strategies in the digital era

Pearson

Trevisan

2015

Disability & Society

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Disability activism in the new media ecology: Campaigning strategies in the digital era.Key words: disability activism, Internet, new media ecology, Paralympics, welfare reform, austerity. AbstractThis article examines the changing nature of disability activism through the influence of social media. As disabled people in the UK have been subjected to acute austerity, this has coincided with a new era of disability activism channelled through increased social media participation. Drawing on the analysis of one group's online activities and a qualitative content analysis of disability protest coverage in traditional news media during the 2012 Paralympic Games, this article positions this shift in the broader framework of 'new media ecology ' (Hoskins and O'Loughlin, 2010). We explore how emerging structures of disability activism have begun to offer a more visible profile to challenge government policy and negative stereotypes of disabled people. This highlights the usefulness of campaigning strategies for generating favourable news coverage for disability protest.

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A Multidimensional Analysis of the Disability Digital Divide: Some Evidence for Internet Use

Cited by 212 publications

References 27 publications

Do the rich get digitally richer? Quantity and quality of support for digital engagement

Do the rich get digitally richer? Quantity and quality of support for digital engagement

The public gets what the public wants: Experiences of public reporting in long-term care in Europe

Disability activism in the new media ecology: campaigning strategies in the digital era

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