Impact On Social Inequalities: Social Class

Question 1

HELSPER

Answer 1

DC are dominated by middle class usage because this social class can afford to invest in the most recent digital technology. In contrast, the revolution in DC has created a digital underclass because the poor lack the resources to join in I.e. the economic capital to afford them.

Question 2

LSE

Answer 2

Found children from better off backgrounds not only had greater access to the internet but were Moses likely to use its array of resources — children from poorer homes are becoming victims to the digital divide

Question 3

MERTENS & D’ HAENENS

Answer 3

Found social class was linked to internet use in Brussels with 81% of the lower social class using the internet compared to 94% of the middle class.

— lower social classes are more likely to use the internet for entertainment rather than educational purposes.

Question 4

MARXISTS

Answer 4

DC are controlled by the ruling class and used to make a profit and ideologically control the masses. — middle and upper class are able to further their existing advantages because they can use online networks a to increase their social and economic capital.