| Title |
Media literacy and digital divide: a cross-cultural case study of Sweden and Lithuania / |
| Another Title |
Medijų raštingumas ir skaitmeninė atskirtis: Švedijos ir Lietuvos tarpkultūrinio atvejo tyrimas. |
| Authors |
Liubinienė, Vilmantė ; Thunqvist, Daniel Persson |
| DOI |
10.3846/23450479.2015.1046407 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Creativity studies.. Vilnius ; London : Technika ; Routledge-Taylor & Francis. 2015, vol. 8, iss. 2, p. 134-148.. ISSN 2345-0479. eISSN 2345-0487 |
| Keywords [eng] |
digital culture ; digital divide ; digital generation ; media literacy ; network society ; social stratification |
| Abstract [eng] |
A case study of Sweden and Lithuania aims at analysing the important question of inclusion and exclusion when it comes to the media literacy and the digital divide. Analysis of country-level factors, such as social-stratification, technological infrastructure, educational system, cultural values is provided with the goal to identify the keen factors widening the digital divide of certain population groups in both countries. The study has revealed that in regard to media literacy, age matters the most in case of Lithuania. On the contrary, in Sweden the digital divide between different age groups is diminishing but the media literacy of socio-economically marginalized groups (immigrants in particular) is much lower as compared to the general trends in population. The digital generation – children and teenagers – have got much more in common in both countries as opposed to the senior adult populations. |
| Published |
Vilnius ; London : Technika ; Routledge-Taylor & Francis |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2015 |
| CC license |
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