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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, a research gift from Nokia and a grant from the Hiatt Fund at Northwestern University.
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Recent Papers
Hargittai, E. (2008). The Digital Reproduction of Inequality. In Social Stratification. Edited by David Grusky. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 936-944.
Hargittai, E. & G. Walejko. (2008). The Participation Divide: Content Creation and Sharing in the Digital Age. Information, Communication and Society.
Hargittai, E. (2008). The Role of Expertise in Navigating Links of Influence. In J. Turow & L. Tsui (Ed.), In The Hyperlinked Society. Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press.
Hargittai, E., Gallo, J., & Kane, M. (2008). Cross-Ideological Discussions among Conservative and Liberal Bloggers. Public Choice. 134:67-86.
Hargittai, E. (2007). Whose space? Differences among users and non-users of social network sites. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), article 14. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/hargittai.html