Beyond structural inequality: a socio-technical approach to the digital divide in the platform environment

Abstract With the widespread use of social media platforms, human-technology interactions in platform environments provide a new perspective for understanding digital inequality. This article constructs a conceptual framework through the analytical tool of “platform affordance” to reveal how the mut...

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Main Authors: Jianghua Yang, Mengzhu Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2023-11-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02326-1