Social access to the Internet
Social access to the Internet
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10.1162/108118000568967
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2000-12-01
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Bucy, EP
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Bucy, EP
与使用互联网相关的相对成本和专业知识，被标记为技术和社会访问，导致人们担心信息拥有者和无信息者之间的“数字鸿沟”正在上升。为了说明互联网是否以及在多大程度上已经成为大众的媒介，并确定与互联网的社会访问相关的因素，我检查了1998年春季进行的两次全州调查的互联网使用数据，即卡罗莱纳民意调查和印第安纳民意调查。多变量分析显示，收入、教育、年龄和家庭结构是上网的重要社会决定因素，单身母亲、社会经济地位较低的群体成员和年龄较大的受访者的互联网使用率最低。尽管网民开始多样化，但互联网还不能宣称拥有一个忠诚的、非精英的大众受众。有人认为，互联网使用的差异预示着有网络的人和没有网络的人之间的信息差距正在逼近。
The relative costs and expertise associated with using the Internet, labeled technological and social access, have led to a concern about the rise of a "digital divide" between information haves and have-nots. To address whether and to what extent the Internet has become a medium of the masses and to identify the factors associated with social access to the Internet, I examine Internet use data from two statewide surveys, the Carolina Poll and the Indiana Poll, conducted during spring 1998. Multivariate analysis reveals that income, education, age, and family structure are important social determinants of on-line access and that Internet use is lowest among single mothers, members of lower socioeconomic groups, and older respondents. Although the online population is beginning to diversify, the Internet cannot yet claim a committed, nonelite mass audience. It is argued that the disparities in Internet use portend a looming information gap between those with access and those without.