Resumen de Desigualdad digital en España: La adopción diferenciada de los usos beneficiosos de internet (2017-2019)

María Livia García Faroldi

• español

  Este trabajo analiza la desigualdad digital en España, definida como la diferente adopción entre los internautas de los usos más beneficiosos de internet. Usando datos del INE (2017 y 2019) y del CIS (2017), se proponen índices para medir el uso de inter- net con fines formativos, con fines laborales y para participar políticamente y se aplican regresiones lineales y logísticas para analizar qué categorías sociales adoptan en mayor medida estos usos beneficiosos. Los resultados muestran que las personas con mayo- res recursos (educativos y económicos), más jóvenes, los hombres y los residentes en entornos urbanos obtienen más ventajas de internet.

• English

  Internet access is nowadays widespread in Spanish society. Nevertheless, a digital divide still exists. The term “digital divide” is defined by the OECD (2001:5) as “the gap between individuals, household, businesses and geographic areas at different socio-economic levels with regard both to their opportunities to access information and communication technologies (ICTs) and to their use of the internet for a wide variety of activities”. In this context, Norris (2001) proposed three dimensions of the digital divide:

  (1) global divide, the divergence of Internet access between countries; (2) social divide, the usability gap between different groups as a result of social stratification; and (3) democratic divide, the gap between those who use and do not use digital resources for political mobilization and participation in public life. Other authors differentiate between three divides: in access, in skills and in outcomes (Wei et al. 2011). Digital divide research began with the study of the access to Internet and its use (the so-called first divide), although soon after the interest moved to the uses that different social groups made of Internet. Di Maggio et al. (2004) distinguished capital-enhancing activities (activities that improve social status) from social and recreational activities. These different uses of internet give rise to “digital inequalities”.