Digital discrimination: Political bias in Internet service provision across ethnic groups
| Autor: | Suso Benitez-Baleato, Eduard Glatz, Xenofontas Dimitropoulos, Nils B. Weidmann, Philipp Hunziker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0211 other engineering and technologies Ethnic group 02 engineering and technology Power (social and political) Access to Information Politics Bias Internet service Development economics 050602 political science & public administration Ethnicity Humans media_common 021110 strategic defence & security studies Government Internet Multidisciplinary business.industry 05 social sciences Social Discrimination Democracy 0506 political science Transparency (graphic) ddc:320 Social Marginalization The Internet business |
| Zdroj: | Science (New York, N.Y.). 353(6304) |
| ISSN: | 1095-9203 |
| Popis: | The global expansion of the Internet is frequently associated with increased government transparency, political rights, and democracy. However, this assumption depends on marginalized groups getting access in the first place. Here we document a strong and persistent political bias in the allocation of Internet coverage across ethnic groups worldwide. Using estimates of Internet penetration obtained through network measurements, we show that politically excluded groups suffer from significantly lower Internet penetration rates compared with those in power, an effect that cannot be explained by economic or geographic factors. Our findings underline one of the central impediments to “liberation technology,” which is that governments still play a key role in the allocation of the Internet and can, intentionally or not, sabotage its liberating effects. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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