MEASURE DIGITAL CAPITAL: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
What is it?
This article develops a Digital Capital Index. It aims to develop a measure that can be replicated for comparison in different contexts.
This article develops a Digital Capital Index. It aims to develop a measure that can be replicated for comparison in different contexts.
Who is it for?
| Everyone interested in digital literacies. |
What can it do?
This article contributes both theoretically and empirically to the literature by (a) consolidating the concept of Digital Capital as a specific capital and (b) empirically measuring it. A Digital Capital Index is developed through an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and validated with a representative sample survey of 868 UK citizens. The validation procedure shows that the Digital Capital Index is associated with socioeconomic and sociodemographic patterns, such as age, income, educational level and place of residence, while it appears not to be related to gender.
This article contributes both theoretically and empirically to the literature by (a) consolidating the concept of Digital Capital as a specific capital and (b) empirically measuring it. A Digital Capital Index is developed through an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and validated with a representative sample survey of 868 UK citizens. The validation procedure shows that the Digital Capital Index is associated with socioeconomic and sociodemographic patterns, such as age, income, educational level and place of residence, while it appears not to be related to gender.
Ragnedda, M., Ruiu, M. & Addeo, F. (2020). Measuring digital capital: An empirical investigation. New Media & Society, 22(5), 793-816. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1461444819869604