IQ and Digital InequalityCognitive intelligence is rarely discussed in the context of digital inequality for practical and normative reasons: substantial difficulties around measurements and the fact that it cannot (easily) be changed. In a recent article published in New Media and Society, cognitive intelligence is studied in relation to Resources and Appropriation Theory which explains digital inequality as a process of four successive phases of Internet access: motivational, material, skills, and usage. For the measurement of cognitive intelligence, we build on considerable efforts devoted to developing alternatives to cumbersome IQ tests of intelligence. We conducted a two-wave online survey in the Netherlands, resulting in a sample of 1,733 respondents.Read more
UT research paints a worrisome picture of digital skillsMany people possess insufficient digital skills to make adequate use of the possibilities they are offered by the internet and the Internet of Things (IoT). The research report ‘Internet and Internet of Things skills in the Netherlands in the year 2021’ by Alexander van Deursen, professor of communication studies at the University of Twente, shows that there are large differences in digital skills. The consequence is a further reinforcement of existing social inequality.Read more
IQ and Digital Inequality
UT research paints a worrisome picture of digital skills
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