TY - JOUR
T1 - Digital inequalities 3.0
T2 - Emergent inequalities in the information age
AU - Robinson, Laura
AU - Schulz, Jeremy
AU - Dunn, Hopeton S.
AU - Casilli, Antonio A.
AU - Tubaro, Paola
AU - Carveth, Rod
AU - Chen, Wenhong
AU - Wiest, Julie B.
AU - Dodel, Matías
AU - Stern, Michael J.
AU - Ball, Christopher
AU - Huang, Kuo Ting
AU - Blank, Grant
AU - Ragnedda, Massimo
AU - Ono, Hiroshi
AU - Hogan, Bernie
AU - Mesch, Gustavo
AU - Cotton, Shelia R.
AU - Kretchmer, Susan B.
AU - Hale, Timothy M.
AU - Drabowicz, Tomasz
AU - Yan, Pu
AU - Wellman, Barry
AU - Harper, Molly Gloria
AU - Quan-Haase, Anabel
AU - Khilnani, Aneka
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, First Monday. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/7/6
Y1 - 2020/7/6
N2 - Marking the 25th anniversary of the “digital divide,” we continue our metaphor of the digital inequality stack by mapping out the rapidly evolving nature of digital inequality using a broad lens. We tackle complex, and often unseen, inequalities spawned by the platform economy, automation, big data, algorithms, cybercrime, cybersafety, gaming, emotional well-being, assistive technologies, civic engagement, and mobility. These inequalities are woven throughout the digital inequality stack in many ways including differentiated access, use, consumption, literacies, skills, and production. While many users are competent prosumers who nimbly work within different layers of the stack, very few individuals are “full stack engineers” able to create or recreate digital devices, networks, and software platforms as pure producers. This new frontier of digital inequalities further differentiates digitally skilled creators from mere users. Therefore, we document emergent forms of inequality that radically diminish individuals’ agency and augment the power of technology creators, big tech, and other already powerful social actors whose dominance is increasing.
AB - Marking the 25th anniversary of the “digital divide,” we continue our metaphor of the digital inequality stack by mapping out the rapidly evolving nature of digital inequality using a broad lens. We tackle complex, and often unseen, inequalities spawned by the platform economy, automation, big data, algorithms, cybercrime, cybersafety, gaming, emotional well-being, assistive technologies, civic engagement, and mobility. These inequalities are woven throughout the digital inequality stack in many ways including differentiated access, use, consumption, literacies, skills, and production. While many users are competent prosumers who nimbly work within different layers of the stack, very few individuals are “full stack engineers” able to create or recreate digital devices, networks, and software platforms as pure producers. This new frontier of digital inequalities further differentiates digitally skilled creators from mere users. Therefore, we document emergent forms of inequality that radically diminish individuals’ agency and augment the power of technology creators, big tech, and other already powerful social actors whose dominance is increasing.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85205301537&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5210/FM.V25I7.10844
DO - 10.5210/FM.V25I7.10844
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85205301537
SN - 1396-0466
VL - 25
JO - First Monday
JF - First Monday
IS - 7
ER -