Whither digital equality?: An empirical study of the democratic divide

Taewoo Nam

doi:10.1109/HICSS.2010.442

Whither digital equality? An empirical study of the democratic divide

Taewoo Nam

SUNY Albany

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

10 Scopus citations

Abstract

Beyond the access and skills divide, ICT-advanced countries pay attention to the divide in political participation online. Analyzing the Pew Internet & American Life Project's 2008 pre-election survey, this paper empirically examines the existence of the democratic divide in American online politics. The study tests whether demographic characteristics make a divide in online political involvement in campaigns. The pattern of the democratic divide varies with the type of political activities on the Internet. The cross-group difference tests disclose the participatory divide by education and gender in campaign engagement. Instead of an educational gap, activities on social networking sites reveal a generational gap. Political efficacy of the Internet as an avenue to involvement in and connection to campaigns and a new, reliable source of political information is a strong predictor for the probability of political activities online.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-43
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2010.442
State	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	43rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-43 - Koloa, Kauai, HI, United States Duration: 5 Jan 2010 → 8 Jan 2010

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
ISSN (Print)	1530-1605

Conference

Conference	43rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-43
Country/Territory	United States
City	Koloa, Kauai, HI
Period	5/01/10 → 8/01/10

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Nam, T 2010, Whither digital equality? An empirical study of the democratic divide. in Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-43., 5428297, Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 43rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-43, Koloa, Kauai, HI, United States, 5/01/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2010.442

Whither digital equality? An empirical study of the democratic divide. / Nam, Taewoo.
Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-43. 2010. 5428297 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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