[Air-L] New Book: Digital Capital. A Bourdieusian Perspective on the Digital Divide

Wed Jan 29 10:11:26 PST 2020

Dear all,

If my 2014 article, "Bourdieu, Social Capital and Online Interaction"
*Sociology
*49(2):356-373 is not among the citations, I will cry.

#CiteGradStudents

Sincerely,
Chris, a Hopeful Grad Student

Chris Julien
PhD Student (PSU), MA (UNCG)
State College, PA, USA
www.chrisjulien.com

On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 10:25 AM Massimo Ragnedda <ragnedda at gmail.com>
wrote:

> --- *apologies for cross-posting *---
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
>
> We are happy to announce the publication of the book DIGITAL CAPITAL. A
> BOURDIEUSIAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, by Massimo Ragnedda
> (Northumbria University) and Maria Laura Ruiu (Northumbria University).
>
>
>
> More info here:
>
> https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Digital-Capital/?k=9781839095535
>
>
>
> We are happy to provide review copies to relevant journals. Any book
> reviews editor interested in seeing the book can request a digital review
> copy here:
> http://emeraldinsight.ereviews.eb20.com/Requests/Step1/9781839095535
>
> or email BooksandSeries at emeraldinsight.com  to request a print copy.
>
>
>
> *The Blurb: *
>
> Starting from the assumption that digital capital is a capital in its own
> right, and can be quantified and measured as such, the authors of this book
> examine how digital capital can be defined, measured and impact policy.
> Using the Bourdieusian lens, this book makes a critical contribution to the
> field by examining in depth the notion of digital capital and by
> introducing a new theoretical toolkit in order to fully conceptualise it.
> Against this theoretical background, the authors propose a set of
> indicators that can be used to measure digital capital at an individual
> level.
>
>
>
> *Review:*
>
> As digital communications becomes ever more central to everyday life, work
> and leisure, their impact on inequality becomes increasingly profound. Is
> there a new ‘digital capital’ acquired by those who gain most from these
> technologies? The authors, established experts in this field, address this
> problem with a thorough and informed analysis of the concept, and its
> implications for policy and understanding.’ - *Peter Golding, *Professor,
> Northumbria and Newcastle Universities, UK
>
>
>
> ‘Taking their inspiration from Bourdieu’s analysis of capital, Ragnedda and
> Ruiu extend the concept theoretically to the digital. Digital capital is
> operationalised through the creation of an index that accounts for
> differences in digital skills and competencies. Digital capital is then
> related to other forms of capital – economic, social and cultural – showing
> how digital capital works as a bridging capital allowing those with
> economic and cultural resources to use the digital to acquire ever greater
> advantage. This speaks to an important new wave of research on the ‘third
> level of the digital divide’ that seeks to measure outcomes. This is a
> highly cogent and important book both theoretically and empirically that
> should be of interest to sociologists of class and inequality as well as
> communication scholars seeking to understand the digital divide.’ - *John
> Downey*, Professor of Comparative Media Analysis and Head of Communication
> and Media, Loughborough University; Vice-President, European Communication
> Research & Education Association
>
>
>
> ‘Ragnedda and Ruiu’s build the field of Bourdieusian analysis of digital
> inequalities in their timely scholarship that speaks to key issues in the
> emergent field of digital divide studies: theory, methodology, and
> implications. The authors push the field forward by conceptualizing and
> operationalizing digital capital, thus integrating important theoretical
> insights with replicable empirical examination. Meeting this challenge
> allows their work to make real impact concerning the implications of
> digital inequalities for theorists, academics, policymakers, and
> practitioners.’ - *Laura Robinson*, Associate Professor, Santa Clara
> University
>
>
>
> ______________
>
> *Massimo Ragnedda* <http://northumbria.academia.edu/MassimoRagnedda>
>
> Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication
>
> Squires Building 306f, Northumbria University, NE1 8ST  Newcastle (UK)
>
> Tel: 01912437444
>
> Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State
> University <http://www.journ.msu.ru/eng/news/27610/>
>
>
>
> Most recent books:
>
> Bruce Mutsvairo and Massimo Ragnedda eds (2019) Mapping the Digital Divide
> in Africa. A Mediated Analysis.
> <
> https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789462986855/mapping-the-digital-divide-in-africa
> >
> Amsterdam University Press
>
> Massimo Ragnedda and Bruce Mutsvairo, eds (2018) *Digital Inclusion. An
> International Comparative Analysis
> <
> https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498562126/Digital-Inclusion-An-International-Comparative-Analysis
> >*,
> Lexington Books.
>
> Massimo Ragnedda and Glenn Muschert, eds (2018) *Theorizing Digital Divide*
> <http://bit.ly/2y9WSLm>, Routledge
>
> Massimo Ragnedda (2017) *The Third Digital Divide: A Weberian approach to
> digital inequalities* <http://bit.ly/2f8FObg>, Routledge.
>
>
>
> Latest articles:
>
> Massimo Ragnedda, Maria Laura Ruiu and Felice Addeo (2019), Measuring
> Digital Capital: an empirical investigation
> <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1461444819869604>, New
> Media
> and Society
>
> Massimo Ragnedda (2018) Conceptualizing Digital Capital
> <
> https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585318309316?via%3Dihub
> >,
> Telematics and Informatics
>
>
>
> Vice chair of Digital Divide Working Group, IAMCR
> <https://iamcr.org/s-wg/working-group/DID>
>
> Co-convenors of NINSO (Northumbria Internet and Society Research Group
> <
> https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/northumbria-law-school/law-research/ninso-the-northumbria-internet-and-society-research-interest-group/
> >
> )
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