نوع مقاله : پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشجوی دکتری، گروه علم اطلاعات و دانششناسی، دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی، دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز، اهواز، ایران
2 دانشیار گروه علم اطلاعات و دانششناسی، دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز، اهواز، ایران.
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Purpose: This study examined the relationships between cultural, economic, and social capital and information poverty, with particular attention to the mediating role of the digital divide among citizens.
Method: A quantitative, cross-sectional correlational survey was conducted among citizens aged 18 years and older in Ahvaz, Iran. Using multistage random sampling, 310 questionnaires were collected, of which 300 valid responses were retained for analysis. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and structural equation modeling. Indirect effects were tested using bootstrapping with 5,000 resamples and 95% confidence intervals.
Findings: Cultural and economic capital were significantly associated with a more favorable digital status, whereas social capital was not. A more favorable digital status was significantly associated with a more favorable information status, indicating that a lower digital divide was associated with lower information poverty. Cultural and social capital had significant direct relationships with information poverty, whereas the direct relationship of economic capital was not significant. The indirect effects of cultural and economic capital on information poverty through the digital divide were significant, while the indirect effect of social capital was not.
Conclusion: The findings reveal distinct pathways linking different forms of capital to information poverty. Cultural capital is associated with information poverty through both direct and digital pathways, economic capital primarily through the digital pathway, and social capital primarily through a direct pathway. Thus, the digital divide appears to function as a differentiated rather than universal mechanism linking offline social inequalities to information poverty.
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