Digital practices across the UK population: The influence of socio-economic and techno-social variables in the use of the Internet

Ragnedda, Massimo; Ruiu, Maria Laura; Calderón Gómez, Daniel

Digital practices across the UK population: The influence of socio-economic and techno-social variables in the use of the Internet

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02673231211046785

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2022

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Ragnedda, Massimo

Ruiu, Maria Laura

Calderón Gómez, Daniel

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91649

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Calderón, D.; Ragnedda, M. y Ruiu, M. L. (2022). Digital practices across the UK population: The influence of socio-economic and techno-social variables in the use of the Internet. European Journal of Communication. OnlineFirst, 37(3), 284-311. https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231211046785

Abstract

This article investigates the entanglement between socio-economic and technological factors in conditioning people’s patterns of Internet use. We analysed the influence of sociodemographic and techno-social aspects in conditioning the distinctive digital practices developed by Internet users. By using a representative sample of UK users and different methods of analysis, such as factor analysis, K-means cluster analysis and logit analysis, this study shows how techno-social variables have a stronger effect than socio-economic variables in explaining the advanced use of the Internet.