Re-domestication of Internet Technologies: Digital Exclusion or Digital Choice?
Dublin Core
Title
Re-domestication of Internet Technologies: Digital Exclusion or Digital Choice?
Subject
Digital inequalities, Digital exclusion, Digital choice, Domestication, Re-domestication, Internet centrality, Media system dependency
Description
Internet access is now characterized by multi-device, mobile, and ubiquitous access. We explore the changing nature of internet access by focusing on social practices that shape the position and role of internet technologies in everyday internet use. Drawing on the domestication framework, the study uses data from qualitative interviews with UK internet users to explore how technologies are re-domesticated. Three practices encompassing how internet users develop and maintain internet access were identified: spotlighting, distributing, and making do. In addition, orientation, understanding, play, and communication internet dependencies were examined to determine how individuals relate to internet technologies. The practices of re-domestication reflect differences in the role that internet technologies play in individuals’ daily lives, and differences in the availability of offline resources. The study contributes to our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the development and maintenance of internet access, depending on whether access arrangements are shaped by digital exclusion or choice.
Creator
Darja Groselj
Source
https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/26/6/422/6376010
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Date
27 September 2021
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 26 (2021)
Files
Collection
Citation
Darja Groselj, “Re-domestication of Internet Technologies: Digital Exclusion or Digital Choice?,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed May 21, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/8721.