From differentiated use to differentiating practices: negotiating legitimate participation and the production of privileged identities

The dark side of online participation: exploring non-, passive and negative participation

“…In line with work that provides a more contextualized understanding of Internet use (Sims, 2014), we argue for a more differentiated understanding of online participation. Our ONLINE PARTICIPATION 5 conceptualization questions the presumption of activity or agency on the one hand, and the positive valence of participation on the other.…”

Benefits and harms from Internet use: A differentiated analysis of Great Britain

“…Using a large, representative survey, we compared the social profiles of the benefits and harms associated with using the Internet. The findings on benefits follow existing digital divide findings on access, skills, uses and participation, in the sense that highly educated, high income younger users tend to be privileged in all or some of these aspects (Blank, 2013;Brake, 2014;Correa, 2010;Hargittai, 2002Hargittai, , 2010Hargittai and Hinnant, 2008;Hargittai and Shafer, 2006;Hargittai and Walejko, 2008;Van Deursen and Van Dijk, 2010;2014; Van Deursen and Predicted values from harms model Van Dijk, 2006;Zillien and Hargittai, 2009). The findings also confirm the U&G theory postulate that groups with different demographic and social characteristics will use the Internet to gratify different needs.…”

Digital Passages: Migrant Youth 2.0. Diaspora, Gender and Youth Cultural Intersections

“…Such platforms on the "Internet hails its audiences" in a way that is similar to how nondigital environments are intended for particular groups of people (Nakamura & Lovink, 2005, p. 61). As a result, there is a need to consider not only different levels of access but how through "differentiating practices" some digital identities are relegated to the periphery and some are privileged (Sims, 2013).…”