Connected in Isolation by Eszter Hargittai - ISBN: 9780262047371
Paperback
Lockdown’s digital lifeline exposed inequalities; context shapes who thrives online.

Connected in Isolation

Digital Privilege in Unsettled Times

  • Paperback

    232 pages

  • Release Date

    10 January 2023

Summary

What life during lockdown reveals about digital inequality.

The vast majority of people in wealthy, highly connected, or digitally privileged societies may have crossed the digital divide, but being online does not mean that everyone is equally connected—and digital inequality reflects experience both online and off. In Connected in Isolation, Eszter Hargittai looks at how this digital disparity played out during the unprecedented isolation imposed in the early days of the co…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262047371
ISBN-10:0262047373
Author:Eszter Hargittai
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:232
Release Date:10 January 2023
Weight:369g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
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Critics Review

“Connected in Isolation is an extraordinary document based on rigorous academic research principles. And while today, in the context of the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, it is without doubt a fascinating read, the full value of Hargittai’s work is yet to be realized. In the decades to come, Connected in Isolation will become required reading and an important research resource for those wishing to analyzes society’s response to the pandemic with the added perspective of elapsed time.” –E&T Engineering and Technology Magazine

About The Author

Eszter Hargittai

Eszter Hargittai is professor and chair of Internet Use & Society in the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich. She is editor of the Handbook of Digital Inequality, as well as three books on the behind-the-scenes realities of doing empirical social science research.

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