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BARBOVSCHI, Monica and Bianca FIZESAN. Closing the gap, are we there yet? Reflections on the persistence of second-level digital divide among adolescents in Central and Eastern Europe. In Massimo Ragnedda, Glenn Muschert. MUSCHERT, Glenn and Massimo RAGNEDDA. The Digital Divide: Social Inequality and the Internet in International Perspective. 1st ed. Oxon: Routledge, 2013, p. 179-192. first edition, one volume. ISBN 978-0-415-52544-2.

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Original name	Closing the gap, are we there yet? Reflections on the persistence of second-level digital divide among adolescents in Central and Eastern Europe.
Authors	BARBOVSCHI, Monica (642 Romania, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Bianca FIZESAN (642 Romania).
Edition	1. vyd. Oxon, The Digital Divide: Social Inequality and the Internet in International Perspective, p. 179-192, 14 pp. first edition, one volume, 2013.
Publisher	Routledge

Other information
Original language	English
Type of outcome	Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study	50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences
Country of publisher	Italy
Confidentiality degree	is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form	printed version "print"
WWW	This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere.
RIV identification code	RIV/00216224:14230/13:00067533
Organization unit	Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN	978-0-415-52544-2
UT WoS	000326814600013
Keywords in English	digital divide; internet
Tags	digital divide, digital inclusion, Eastern Europe, youth
Tags	International impact, Reviewed
Changed by	Changed by: Mgr. Blanka Farkašová, učo 97333. Changed: 18/2/2019 12:16.

Abstract
Although the divides in Internet access seem to have diminished, there are still significant differences in terms of the digital skills the young users possess (Hargittai, 2002). Drawing upon the data collected in the EU Kids Online II project, the present chapter investigates the differences in digital competencies and self-confidence of teenagers in four countries in Central and Eastern Europe: Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Poland. Building on a conflict perspective which emphasizes how Internet use, understood like a package of particular knowledge and skills, plays an important role in maintaining inequalities (Witte & Mannon, 2009), our study showed that parental background accounts for differences in their own use of internet but also in the digital skills of their children. Moreover, the results showed that adult patterns of internet use reproduce rather than challenge class advantages or disadvantages that parents pass on their children. Finally, children-specific differentiations of use contribute to the deepening of the divides.

Abstract

Although the divides in Internet access seem to have diminished, there are still significant differences in terms of the digital skills the young users possess (Hargittai, 2002). Drawing upon the data collected in the EU Kids Online II project, the present chapter investigates the differences in digital competencies and self-confidence of teenagers in four countries in Central and Eastern Europe: Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Poland. Building on a conflict perspective which emphasizes how Internet use, understood like a package of particular knowledge and skills, plays an important role in maintaining inequalities (Witte & Mannon, 2009), our study showed that parental background accounts for differences in their own use of internet but also in the digital skills of their children. Moreover, the results showed that adult patterns of internet use reproduce rather than challenge class advantages or disadvantages that parents pass on their children. Finally, children-specific differentiations of use contribute to the deepening of the divides.

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EE2.3.20.0184, research and development project	Name: Vytvoření interdisciplinárního týmu v oblasti výzkumu internetu a nových médií