class identity

• Digital underclass


  Those who can’t afford it and makes them feel less due to decreased social capital as social networks are dependent on the access to digital communication platforms

  Education, also realise on the Internet on phones, so children can do homework such as teams

  Knowledge gap is created between those who have access, and those who don’t

  People can feel isolated from society if they don’t have access to the latest trends in a global world
• Digital divide


  Mertens & D’haenens- in Brussels, found low social class was linked to low Internet use which was 81% compared to 94% of middle-class

  Lower social classes focused on entertainment use rather than knowledge and 79% on game consoles compared to 65% for higher classes

  Due to embarrassment to admit their lower status, they felt the need to be anonymous
• Sinner & Prochazka 


  increase inequalities within education as children are expected to use digital communications as part of homework or learning. Some children have access whilst others don’t.
• Digital divide


  Division between different social classes and how much technology they have access to

  Low social classes have lower Internet usage, whereas highest social classes have more Internet

  Social classes don’t have a lot of access so creates a knowledge and increases inequality because they can’t have the same as everyone else such as using technology for homework
• Jenkins


  access equals power to change social identity as those who are powerful can choose their own identity. However, they wish on those who don’t cannot