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dc.contributor.authorLutz, Christoph
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-11T09:02:21Z
dc.date.available2016-03-11T09:02:21Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationSocial Media + Society, 2(2016)1:1-14nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn2056-3051
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2382019
dc.descriptionThis is the accepted and refereed manuscript to the article published in an open access journalnb_NO
dc.description.abstractResearch on digital divides has been helpful in advancing our understanding of the social structuration of Internet access, motivations to go online, digital skills, and Internet (non-)use, including participatory uses. However, digital divide research has been criticized for oversimplifying the relationship between demographic characteristics and Internet use and for its under-theorization. A social milieu approach, inspired by Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological theory, presents an excellent set of concepts to address these criticisms and thus advance digital divide research. This article uses the social milieu approach for an empirical investigation of the participation divides in Germany. Focus groups and online communities with 96 participants from seven distinct Internet milieus serve to differentiate online participation along social lines. The results show that German citizens are strongly segregated into distinct Internet milieus that differ in their intensity, variety, understanding and attitudes towards online participation. Each milieu displays specific participatory patterns and some of the findings challenge existing research on digital and participation divides. Implications are derived and limitations of the approach carved out.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherSagenb_NO
dc.titleA social milieu approach to the online participation divides in Germanynb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.source.journalSocial Media + Societynb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/2056305115626749
dc.description.localcode1, OAnb_NO


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