New Publication: Mapping Global Digital Political Inequality
How can we understand political inequality in global digital media? A new publication, co-authored by Media Use Group associate Emilija Gagrčin, offers empirical insights and an agenda for studying digital political inequality across societal, technological, institutional, and individual levels.
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Using digital media opens up new avenues for political participation, and political information has become accessible at our fingertips. Yet, we seem confronted with countless defining challenges of our times: polarization, populism, democratic backsliding, decreasing political trust, and the list goes on. Not everyone receives digital information in the same way, and digital infrastructures do not make political engagement equally accessible to all.
Mapping Global Digital Political Inequality (external link) by Daniel S. Lane, Emilija Gagrčin and Ying Qi Pan adresses this reality by spotlighting inequality, and introducing the concept of digital political inequality.
Understanding inequality is key when researching digital media and its impact on political life. This Element presents a quick and article-like dive into the concept, without sacrificing the depth of a book-length publication. It provides a useful framework for the study of global political inequality in the digital age, supported by rich empirical insights, and offers a valuable resource for media use researchers and students alike.
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Emilija Gagrčin is Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Bremen, Germany. She has been a Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at UiB and is affiliated with the Media Use Research Group through the PREPARE and iFAM research projects.