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Hauptseminar
SoSe 24: Digitalization and Social Inequality
Martin Ehlert
Kommentar
Digitalization has a strong and growing impact on societies as new technologies change
both our private and our professional lives. As with previous technological revolutions,
there are many hopes and fears associated with digitalization that relate to social
inequality. While some fear exclusion and mass unemployment due to digital technology
others praise the new opportunities for flexibility at work and communication across old
divisions within societies. Against this backdrop, this seminar aims to engage with
digitalization and its relationship with social inequality both theoretically and empirically.
Based on the concept of the “digital divide” (van Dijk, 2020), we consider social
inequalities on three levels: first in access to digital technology, second in use of digital
technologies and the associated skills, and third in the outcomes of digital technologies.
Thus, we will cover a wide range of topics from inequalities in internet access to the
consequences of technology use at workplaces. The focus will also be on the question
whether digital technologies change old inequalities or generate new inequalities.
The seminar provides theoretical and practical knowledge to evaluate the importance of
digitalization for social inequality based mostly on quantitative analyses. We will discuss
about relevant digital technologies, their prevalence, use, and outcomes. We will also learn
about theoretical explanations of the “digital divide” from sociology and related fields.
Course discussion will furthermore include issues on how to match research questions with
theoretical foundations, modes of operationalization and quantitative empirical analysis. Schließen
Literaturhinweise
Van Dijk, Jan (2020): The digital divide. Cambridge: Polity Press
13 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung
Do, 18.04.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Do, 25.04.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Do, 02.05.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Do, 16.05.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Do, 23.05.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Do, 30.05.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Do, 06.06.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Do, 13.06.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Do, 20.06.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Do, 27.06.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Do, 04.07.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Do, 11.07.2024 12:00 - 14:00
Do, 18.07.2024 12:00 - 14:00