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100			_aComi, Matt _9119626
245		0	_aDigital home-lessness: Exploring the links between public Internet access, technological capital, and social inequality
260			_bCurrent Sociology
260			_c2024
300			_a65-82
520			_aMillions of individuals in the United States without a computer or broadband at their residence must rely on public libraries for their Internet access. Drawing on a rich data set of interviews and participant observation at three public libraries, we explore how individuals navigate these complex settings and how they profoundly shape their digital lives and experiences, one we characterize as digital home-lessness. In this article, we identify three themes that characterize the relationship between library computer use and digital home-lessness: lifeline encompasses the diverse set of activities that require computer and broadband access; negotiating access focuses on usability, privacy, and security disadvantages among these users; and risky business concentrates on the multiplicities of insecure Internet and computing practices exacerbated by low technological capital. Our findings push forward literature on the digital divide by illuminating how the experience of digital home-lessness limits social inclusion and reproduces socioeconomic inequality.
650			_a Digital Divide _9119627
650			_a Internet Access _9119628
650			_a Surveillance _978456
650			_a Technological Capital _9119629
650			_aInequality
700			_a Alexander, Perry _9119630
700			_a Davidson, Drew _9119631
700			_a Goettlich, Walter A _9119632
700			_a Smith, Sarah _9119633
700			_a Staples, William G _9119634
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/00113921221111819
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