Jen Schradie
THE TREND OF CLASS, RACE, AND ETHNICITY IN SOCIAL MEDIA INEQUALITY
University of California, Berkeley
blogs original poster child digital democracy egalitarian public forum scholars challenged theory equality based race ethnicity empirical analysis american adults questioned classbased divide time blogs form digital content production appear mirror technological innovations small elite group users begin incorporate daily living innovation spreads quickly general population basic internet access however author argues unlike consumptive practice blogging fits productive framework requires resources furthermore studies blogging inequality general derive samples college students make difficult understand class issues drawing 13 national surveys american adults 2002 2008 study incorporates class differences finds educational gap blogging persists rather narrows even among people online race ethnicity relationship class accounting inequality