Web Use Project

Welcome

The Web Use Project is Eszter Hargittai's research group at Northwestern University. The goal of the research conducted in this group is to learn about how people use the Web in their everyday lives and in particular, how differences in Internet use may contribute to social inequality.

Research in the group is currently supported by two grants from the MacArthur Foundation, a grant from the National Science Foundation and a grant from the Hiatt Fund at Northwestern University.

Upcoming Talks & Presentations

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News

Paper on social network site users published in special issue of JCMC

Eszter Hargittai's recent paper exploring the predictors of social network site usage appears in the special issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication edited by danah boyd and Nicole Ellison.

Eszter Hargittai Receives Hiatt Fund Grant

Eszter Hargittai was awarded a $59,000 grant by the Hiatt Fund at Northwestern University to study online information dissemination and content creation assessing the feasibility of a program that draws on user-generated content to communicate material about Internet user skills to the wider public.

Hargittai & Miller Receive MacArthur Grant

Eszter Hargittai and Peter Miller were awarded a one-year $300,000 grant by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to assess the feasibility of a longitudinal survey on digital media use by youth.

TPRC Program Committee Membership

At the 2007 TPRC meeting, Eszter Hargittai was appointed a member of the TPRC Program Committee for the 2008 and 2009 conferences.

WUP Alum News

Former affiliates have recently taken jobs at Google (Kathrina Manalac), Leonie Industries (Waleeta Canon), and the Toji Trading Group (Viktor Domazet).

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