Race, place, and information technology
Race, place, and information technology
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DOI：
10.1177/1078087405283511
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发表时间：
2006-05-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Gilbert, M
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作者：
Mossberger, K;Tolbert, CJ;Gilbert, M
基于种族和民族的技术不平等是一个悖论。非洲裔美国人和拉美裔美国人的获得率和技能较低，即使控制了社会经济因素也是如此。然而，与处境相似的白人相比，非洲裔美国人和拉美裔美国人对信息技术的态度也更积极。由于态度不能解释较低的获得率和技能，我们假设种族隔离和集中贫困限制了了解和使用技术的机会。使用分层线性模型和多水平数据来控制社区层面的社会经济和人口特征以及个人层面的因素，我们发现非裔美国人之间的差异是由于地点效应而不是种族。种族仍然对拉丁裔产生着独立的影响。这些发现有助于我们理解“数字鸿沟”，并有助于研究集中贫困的影响。
Technology inequalities based on race and ethnicity present a paradox. African-Americans and Latinos have lower rates of access and skill, even controlling for socioeconomic factors. Yet African-Americans, and to a lesser extent, Latinos, also have more positive attitudes toward information technology than similarly situated whites. Because attitudes cannot explain lower rates of access and skill, we hypothesize that racial segregation and concentrated poverty have restricted opportunities to learn about and use technology. Using hierarchical linear modeling and multilevel data to control for both community-level socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and individual-level factors, we find that disparities among African-Americans are due to place effects rather than race. Ethnicity still exercises an independent influence for Latinos. These findings contribute to our understanding of the "digital divide," and to research on the effects of concentrated poverty.