Eszter Hargittai

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Professor and Chair of Internet Use and Society at the University of Zurich

In Fall 2022: Visiting Research Scholar at Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy

My email list: http://bit.ly/E-LIST

My books: http://eszter.com/books

Copies of my academic publications: http://bit.ly/wuppubs

Topics:
#techandsociety #mentoring #internetskills #digitalliteracy #digitalinequality #digitaldivide #art #academia #academictwitter #commtwitter #soctwitter #fedi2022

BOOKhttp://bit.ly/connectedbook
WEBSITEhttp://eszter.com
thrilled to have this paper out #openaccess, a collaboration with Minh Hao Nguyen blending our interests in digital inequality and disconnection research
https://academic.oup.com/joc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/joc/jqad021/7221371
Digital inequality in disconnection practices: voluntary nonuse during COVID-19

Abstract. The pervasiveness of digital media renders people constantly connected. Digital inequality theory tends to focus on how socio-digital factors link to

OUP Academic

excited for this book event at NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge this evening (5pm, 20 Cooper Sq 5th floor) honored that @paul_dimaggio & Eric Klinenberg will engage with my book Connected in Isolation

https://ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-talk-connected-in-isolation/

Book Talk | Connected in Isolation: Digital Privilege in Unsettled Times – Institute for Public Knowledge

Are people aware that personal data play a role when they engage with algorithms online? Do people adapt how they engage with algorithms, to use them to their own benefit and to avoid harms?

✨New open access paper in Big Data & Society with
@eszter

👉 https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517231168100

On April 24 I'll be at NYU for a book discussion of Connected in Isolation with Paul DiMaggio and Eric Klinenberg. I'm super excited to have them engage with this work!

Details:
https://ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-talk-connected-in-isolation/

Book Talk | Connected in Isolation: Digital Privilege in Unsettled Times – Institute for Public Knowledge

Professorship in Empirical Communication and Media Research - Universität Zürich

Universität Zürich looks for Professorship in Empirical Communication and Media Research in Zürich (Schweiz) - apply now!

Just Security, at NYU Law School, has created a repository of the January 6th Committee transcripts.

It’s sorted by witnesses’ affiliations and uses permanent links (Perma.cc), guarding against ‘link rot’ and removal by a future Congress.
https://www.justsecurity.org/77022/january-6-clearinghouse/

January 6 Clearinghouse

Welcome to this all-source, public resource for analysts, researchers, investigators, journalists, educators, and the public at large.

Just Security
Jesus everloving christ this chart from @ourworldindata showing life expectancy loss due to covid. The US & Bulgaria lost 3 years (=2 decades of progress), but Mexico, India and South Africa lost 4 years - 3 decades of progress in Mexico's case. The macro-scale human cost is immense.

Do you have end-of-year funds looking for a good cause? Our Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media (journalqd.org) is doing great, which means more production expenses. Journals do require resources to run, in our case mostly by way of production assistants. (We as editors have been donating our time for 2+ yrs now.)

We'd appreciate your support! Please message me if you can help. We can send an invoice (either US or CH) and we'll list your institution as a supporter. Thank you!

The first review of my book Connected in Isolation is out and I couldn't be more thrilled!
https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2022/12/book-review-connected-in-isolation-by-eszter-hargittai/

Here's a quote:
"‘Connected in Isolation’ is an extraordinary document based on rigorous academic research principles. [..] In the decades to come, ‘Connected in Isolation’ will become required reading and an important research resource for those wishing to analyse society’s response to the pandemic with the added perspective of elapsed time."

Book review: ‘Connected in Isolation’ by Eszter Hargittai

A review of the impact digital media had on the spread of information during the Covid-19 pandemic benefits from how quickly the research was initiated.

Many people have posted examples of #ChatGPT. When I try to use it, it asks for my mobile number. Have those of you who've used it not been concerned about giving that up? Is there a way to use it without doing so?