Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation

by Caroline J. Tolbert, Ramona S. McNeal, Karen Mossberger

Book Overview

This analysis of how the ability to participate in society online affects political and economic opportunity finds that technology use matters in wages and income and civic participation and voting.

Just as education has promoted democracy and economic growth, the Internet has the potential to benefit society as a whole. Digital citizenship, or the ability to participate in society online, promotes social inclusion. But statistics show that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262633531
• ISBN13: 9780262633536
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher