Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to sign up for SAGE Journal Email Alerts today!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Social Science Computer Review
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in Web of Science
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Web of Science (3)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Shelley, M.
Right arrow Articles by Mutiti, J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Digital Citizenship

Parameters of the Digital Divide

Mack Shelley

Iowa State University mshelley{at}iastate.edu

Lisa Thrane

Iowa State University lthrane{at}iastate.edu

Stuart Shulman

Drake University Stuart.Shulman{at}drake.edu

Evette Lang

Iowa State University elang{at}iastate.edu

Sally Beisser

Drake University sally.beisser{at}drake.edu

Teresa Larson

Drake University Tjlarson{at}aol.com

James Mutiti

Ohio University mutiti{at}ohio.edu

This study presents results from a 2002 Midwest urban random sample survey (N = 167 adults). It is proposed that attitudes toward technology have a direct impact on digital citizenry and are colored by racial and educational differences. A path model showed several key results. Desire for computer skills increased among respondents with lower levels of educational attainment. Respondents with higher levels of education were more likely to use computers at home andwork. Non-Whites were more likely than Whites to agree that technological information is key to citizen empowerment and that computers should be accessible to all citizens, as well as reporting increased interest in learning computer skills. Interest in developing computer skillswas positively associated with digital citizenship. Viewing technology as a source of informational powerwas positively related to support for digital government and to support for computer access equity.

Key Words: digital citizenship • technology • SEM

Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 22, No. 2, 256-269 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0894439303262580
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 New Media SocietyHome page
C. Latimer
Understanding the complexity of the digital divide in relation to the quality of House campaign websites in the United States
New Media Society, September 1, 2009; 11(6): 1023 - 1040.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Journal of Librarianship and Information ScienceHome page
L. Yu
Understanding information inequality: Making sense of the literature of the information and digital divides
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, December 1, 2006; 38(4): 229 - 252.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Social Science Computer ReviewHome page
S. R. Cotten and S. M. Jelenewicz
A Disappearing Digital Divide Among College Students?: Peeling Away the Layers of the Digital Divide
Social Science Computer Review, November 1, 2006; 24(4): 497 - 506.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Social Science Computer ReviewHome page
D. V. Dimitrova and Y.-C. Chen
Profiling the Adopters of E-Government Information and Services: The Influence of Psychological Characteristics, Civic Mindedness, and Information Channels
Social Science Computer Review, May 1, 2006; 24(2): 172 - 188.
[Abstract] [PDF]