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Digital footprints: an emerging dimension of digital inequality

Digital footprints: an emerging dimension of digital inequality PurposeThis conceptual contribution is based on the observation that digital inequalities literature has not sufficiently considered digital footprints as an important social differentiator. The purpose of the paper is to inspire current digital inequality frameworks to include this new dimension.Design/methodology/approachLiterature on digital inequalities is combined with research on privacy, big data and algorithms. The focus on current findings from an interdisciplinary point of view allows for a synthesis of different perspectives and conceptual development of digital footprints as a new dimension of digital inequality.FindingsDigital footprints originate from active content creation, passive participation and platform-generated data. The literature review shows how different social groups may experience systematic advantages or disadvantages based on their digital footprints. A special emphasis should be on those at the margins, for example, users of low socioeconomic background.Originality/valueBy combining largely independent research fields, the contribution opens new avenues for studying digital inequalities, including innovative methodologies to do so. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society Emerald Publishing

Digital footprints: an emerging dimension of digital inequality

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Emerald Publishing
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1477-996X
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10.1108/JICES-02-2018-0014
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Abstract

PurposeThis conceptual contribution is based on the observation that digital inequalities literature has not sufficiently considered digital footprints as an important social differentiator. The purpose of the paper is to inspire current digital inequality frameworks to include this new dimension.Design/methodology/approachLiterature on digital inequalities is combined with research on privacy, big data and algorithms. The focus on current findings from an interdisciplinary point of view allows for a synthesis of different perspectives and conceptual development of digital footprints as a new dimension of digital inequality.FindingsDigital footprints originate from active content creation, passive participation and platform-generated data. The literature review shows how different social groups may experience systematic advantages or disadvantages based on their digital footprints. A special emphasis should be on those at the margins, for example, users of low socioeconomic background.Originality/valueBy combining largely independent research fields, the contribution opens new avenues for studying digital inequalities, including innovative methodologies to do so.

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Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society – Emerald Publishing

Published: Aug 13, 2018

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