Eszter Hargittai

Oct 28, 2024 | crookedtimber.org | Eszter Hargittai

Until last Friday, I subscribed to two newspapers: the Washington Post and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. As of Friday, I only subscribe to NZZ. I shared my cancellation on Facebook and was surprised by how many people in my network commented that they had done the same. This included people who almost never comment or even react to any of my posts. Clearly I was not the only one who needed to act on the Post’s eleventh hour decision not to endorse a presidential candidate in the US elections.

Jul 26, 2024 | thriftbooks.com | Eszter Hargittai

Select FormatBook OverviewWhat life during lockdown reveals about digital inequality. The vast majority of people in wealthy, highly connected, or digitally privileged societies may have crossed the digital divide, but being online does not mean that everyone is equally connected--and digital inequality reflects experience both online and off. In Connected in Isolation Eszter Hargittai looks at how this digital disparity played out during the unprecedented...

Jul 2, 2024 | crookedtimber.org | Eszter Hargittai

I’m hosting a couple of professionalization discussions for our PhD candidates and postdocs this summer, informal conversations to help them navigate the crazy academic job market. A few weeks ago we discussed job talks as the department had just had a bunch of candidates visit (very different schedule here in Europe than the US) and we’ve had quite a few such talks over the past few years. Debriefing seemed like a good idea.

Apr 12, 2023 | journals.sagepub.com | Jonathan Gruber |Eszter Hargittai

To what extent do people understand that there is a relationship between what personal data systems glean about them and the algorithmic output they receive? Participants varied considerably in their understanding of how and why customization processes happen.