THE CONTENTIOUS GAP

References

• Alexander , J. 2003 . The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Barker , V. 2009 . Older adolescents’ motivations for social network site use: the influence of gender, group identity, and collective self-esteem . CyberPsychology and Behavior , 12 ( 2 ) : 209 – 213 . (doi:10.1089/cpb.2008.0228)
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Bennet , S. and Maton , K. 2010 . Beyond the “digital natives” debate: towards a more nuanced understanding of students’ technology experiences . Journal of Computer Assisted Learning , 26 : 321 – 331 . (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00360.x)
   Google Scholar
• Bennet , S. , Maton , K. and Kervin , L. 2008 . The “digital natives” debate: a critical review of the evidence . British Journal of Educational Technology , 39 ( 5 ) : 775 – 786 . (doi:10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00793.x)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bijker , W. and Finch , T. 1987 . “ The social construction of technological systems: new directions in the sociology and history of technology ” . In The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology , Edited by: Bijker , W. , Hughes , T. P. and Finch , T. 17 – 52 . Cambridge , MA : MIT University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Brey , P. 2004 . “ Theorizing modernity and technology ” . In Modernity and Technology , Edited by: Misa , T. J. , Brey , P. and Feenberg , A. 33 – 72 . Cambridge , MA : MIT University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Castells , M. 1996–1998 . The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture (Trilogy) , Oxford : Blackwell Publishers .
   Google Scholar
• CBS Statline (2010) ICT gebruik van personen naar persoonskenmerken [ICT usage of people along personal characteristics], [Online] Available at: http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=71098ned&D1=33-133&D2=0-2&D3=a&VW=T (20 November 2011).
   Google Scholar
• van Deursen , A. J. A. M. and van Dijk , J. A. G. M. 2011 . Internet skills and the digital divide . New Media and Society , 13 ( 6 ) : 893 – 911 . (doi:10.1177/1461444810386774)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• van Dijk , J. A. G. M. 2005 . The Deepening Divide: Inequality in the Information Society , London : Sage Publications .
   Google Scholar
• van Dijk , J. A. G. M. 2006 . Digital divide research achievements and shortcomings . Poetics , 34 : 221 – 235 . (doi:10.1016/j.poetic.2006.05.004)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• van Dijk , J. A. G. M. 2007 . “ De e-surfende burger: is de digitale kloof gedicht? ” . In Gewoon digitaal: Jaarboek ICT en samenleving , Edited by: Steyaert , J. and De Haan , J. 31 – 50 . Amsterdam/Meppel : Boom .
   Google Scholar
• DiMaggio, P., Hargittai, E., Celeste, C. & Shaver, S. (2004) ‘Digital inequality: from unequal access to differentiated use: a literature review and agenda for research on digital inequality’, in Social Inequality, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY, pp. 355–400.
   Google Scholar
• Duimel, M. (2007) Verbinding maken: senioren en internet, Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau (SCP), Den Haag.
   Google Scholar
• Dutton , W. and Di Gennaro , C. 2007 . Reconfiguring friendships: social relationships and the internet . Information, Communication & Society , 10 ( 5 ) : 591 – 618 . (doi:10.1080/13691180701657949)
   Google Scholar
• Dutton, W., Helsper, E. J., Whitty, M. T., Buckwalter, G. & Lee, E. (2008) ‘Mate selection in the network society: the role of the internet in reconfiguring marriages in Australia, the United Kingdom and United States’, working paper, [Online] Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1275810 (15 May 2010).
   Google Scholar
• Ellison , N. B. , Lampe , C. and Steinfeld , C. 2009 . Social network sites and society: current trendsand future possibilities . Interactions , 16 ( 1 ) : 6 – 9 . (doi:10.1145/1456202.1456204)
   Google Scholar
• Eurostat (2010) Internet Usage in 2010 – Households and Individuals, [Online] Available at: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-QA-10-050/EN/KS-QA-10-050-EN.PDF (15 September 2011).
   Google Scholar
• Eynon , R. and Malmberg , L. E. 2011 . A typology of young people's internet use: implications for education . Computers and Education , 56 : 585 – 595 . (doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2010.09.020)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Frissen , V. A. J. 2004 . De domesticatie van de digitale wereld , Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam .
   Google Scholar
• Goldfarb , A. and Prince , J. 2008 . Internet adoption and usage patterns are different: implications for the digital divide . Information Economics and Policy , 20 : 2 – 15 . (doi:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2007.05.001)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gunkel , D. 2003 . Second thoughts: towards a critique of the digital divide . New Media and Society , 5 ( 4 ) : 499 – 522 . (doi:10.1177/146144480354003)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hargittai , E. 2002 . Second-level digital divide: differences in people's online skills . First Monday , 7 ( 4 ) (doi:10.5210/fm.v7i4.942)
   Google Scholar
• Hargittai , E. 2005 . Survey measures of web-oriented digital literacy . Social Science Computer Review , 23 ( 3 ) : 371 – 379 . (doi:10.1177/0894439305275911)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hargittai , E. 2008 . “ The digital reproduction of inequality ” . In Social Stratification , Edited by: Grusky , D. 936 – 944 . Boulder , CO : Westview Press .
   Google Scholar
• Hargittai , E. 2010 . Digital na(t)ives? Variation in internet skills and uses among members of the “Net Generation” . Sociological Inquiry , 80 ( 1 ) : 92 – 113 . (doi:10.1111/j.1475-682X.2009.00317.x)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Helsper , E. J. and Eynon , R. 2010 . Digital natives: where is the evidence? . British Educational Research Journal , 36 ( 3 ) : 503 – 520 . (doi:10.1080/01411920902989227)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Houtman , D. 2003 . Class and Politics in Contemporary Social Science , New York : Aldine de Gruyter .
   Google Scholar
• Howard , P. N. and Jones , S. 2004 . Society Online: The Internet in Context , Thousand Oaks/London/New Delhi : Sage Publications .
   Google Scholar
• Katz , J. and Rice , R. E. 2002 . Social Consequences of Internet Use: Access, Involvement and Interaction , Cambridge , MA : MIT Press .
   Google Scholar
• Lee , L. 2008 . The impact of young people's internet use on class boundaries and life trajectories . Sociology , 42 ( 1 ) : 137 – 153 . (doi:10.1177/0038038507084829)
   Google Scholar
• Lisbon Treaty (2000) European Union, [Online] Available at: http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/full_text/index_en.htm (24 May 2010).
   Google Scholar
• Merton , R. K. 1968 . The Matthew effect in science . Science , 159 ( 3810 ) : 56 – 63 . (doi:10.1126/science.159.3810.56)
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• MEZ (Ministerie van Economische Zaken) (1994) Nationaal Actieprogramma Elektronische Snelwegen, van metafoor tot actie, Raad voor Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling, Den Haag.
   Google Scholar
• Min , S-J. 2010 . From the digital divide to the democratic divide: internet skills, political interest, and the second level digital divide in political internet use . Journal of Information Technology and Politics , 7 : 22 – 35 . (doi:10.1080/19331680903109402)
   Google Scholar
• Mossberger , K. , Tolbert , C. J. and Stansbury , M. 2003 . Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide , Washington , DC : Georgetown University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Norris , P. 2001 . Digital Divide: Civic Engagements , New York , NY : Information P overty, and the Internet Worldwide, Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• NTIA (National Telecommunication and Information Administration) (1995) Falling Through the Net: A Survey of the ‘Have-Nots’ in Rural and Urban America, [Online] Available at: www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/digitaldivide (11 January 2010).
   Google Scholar
• NTIA (National Telecommunication and Information Administration) (1999) Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide, [Online] Available at: www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/digitaldivide (11 January 2011).
   Google Scholar
• NTIA (National Telecommunication and Information Administration) (2000) Falling Through the Net: toward Digital Inclusion, [Online] Available at: www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/digitaldivide (11 January 2011).
   Google Scholar
• Partridge, H. L. (2007) ‘Redefining the digital divide: attitudes do matter!’ in Proceedings 70th American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting, Joining Research and Practice: Social Computing and Information Science 44, The Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia, [Online] Available at: eprints.qut.edu.au (23 September 2010).
   Google Scholar
• Prensky , M. 2005 . Listen to the natives . Educational Leadership , 63 ( 4 ) : 8 – 13 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Qiu , J. L. 2009 . Working-Class Network Society: Communication Technology and the Information Have-Less in Urban China , Cambridge , MA : MIT Press .
   Google Scholar
• Rogers , M. E. 1962 . The Diffusion of Innovation , Glencoe : Free Press .
   Google Scholar
• Selwyn , N. 2004 . Reconsidering political and popular understandings of the digital divide . New Media and Society , 6 ( 3 ) : 341 – 362 . (doi:10.1177/1461444804042519)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Selwyn , N. 2006 . Digital division or digital decision? A study of non-users and low-users of computers . Poetics , 34 : 273 – 292 . (doi:10.1016/j.poetic.2006.05.003)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Selwyn, N. & Facer, K. (2007) ‘Beyond the digital divide: rethinking digital inclusion for the 21st century’, Futurelab, [Online] Available at: www.futurelab.org.uk/openingeducation (23 August 2011).
   Google Scholar
• Sen , A. 1992 . Inequality Reexamined , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Silverstone , R. 2005 . Media, Technology and Everyday Life in Europe: From Information to Communication , Aldershot : Ashgate Publishing .
   Google Scholar
• Silverstone , R. and Hirsch , E. 1992 . Consuming Technologies. Media and Information in Domestic Spaces , London : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Smith , P. 1998 . The New American Cultural Sociology , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Thurlow , C. , Lengel , L. B. and Tomic , A. 2004 . Computer Mediated Communication: Social Interaction and the Internet , London : Sage Publications .
   Google Scholar
• Toulouse , C. 1997 . “ Introduction ” . In The Politics of Cyberspace , Edited by: Toulouse , C. and Luke , T. 1 – 17 . London : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Tufekci, Z., Cotten, S. & Flow-Delwiche, E. (2008) ‘Internet use and gender, race and class: the digital divide in the era of Youtube and Facebook’, paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 31 July 2008.
   Google Scholar
• Turkle , S. 2011 . Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other , New York , NY : Basic Books .
   Google Scholar
• Warschauer , M. 2003 . Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital Divide , Cambridge , MA : MIT University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Wellman , B. and Haythornthwaite , C. 2002 . The Internet in Everyday Life , Oxford : Blackwell Publishing .
   Google Scholar
• Wresch , W. 1996 . Disconnected: Haves and Have-nots in the Information Age , New Brunswick , NJ : Rutgers University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Wyatt , S. , Thomas , G. and Terranova , T. 2002 . “ They came, they surfed, they went back to the beach: conceptualizing use and non-use of the internet ” . In Virtual Society? Technology, Cyberbole, Reality , Edited by: Woolgar , S. 23 – 40 . Oxford : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Yu , L. 2006 . Understanding information inequality: making sense of the literature of the information and digital divides . Journal of Librarianship and Information Science , 38 ( 4 ) : 229 – 252 . (doi:10.1177/0961000606070600)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar