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| Eszter Hargittai | |
 Eszter Hargittai waiting to be interviewed at the WGN studio
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| Born | December 15, 1973 Budapest, Hungary |
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| Residence | Evanston, IL, USA |
| Citizenship | Hungary |
| Fields | Sociology Communication |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
| Alma mater | Smith College Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul DiMaggio, chair Paul Starr Miguel Centeno |
| Known for | Sociology of the Internet Digital Divide |
| Notable awards | G.R.Miller Dissertation Award, National Communication Association |
Eszter Hargittai (born December 15, 19731 in Budapest, Hungary) is a sociologist at Northwestern University. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from Smith College and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University where she was a Wilson Scholar.
She is currently Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Faculty Associate of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University where she heads the Web Use Project.23
She was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford (2006-07) and a fellow at the Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin (2007). Currently, she is a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society.4
She is a member of the group blog Crooked Timber (since 2003).5 She has been writing at Eszter's Blog since 2002.6
Her research focuses on the social and policy implications of information technologies with a particular interest in how IT may contribute to or alleviate social inequalities 7. She has studied the differences in people's Web-use skills, the evolution of search engines 8 and the organization and presentation of online content, political uses of information technologies, and how IT are influencing the types of cultural products people consume.
Her work is regularly featured in the media.9 She was interviewed about the Internet and its social implications on CNNfn's The Flip Side on April 29, 2004. Her work on the international spread of the Internet was referenced by Wired News 10 and cited in a United States Senate11 hearing. Other coverage includes BBC News 3 as well as the Chicago Tribune 12 the Washington Post 13, The Wall Street Journal 14 and several other publications.
Trivia
- Hargittai claims an Erdős number of 3.15
References
- ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF) .
- ^ Entry at the Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research page
- ^ a b Life beyond Google on BBC News
- ^ Entry at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society page
- ^ Say Hello to Eszter entry on Crooked Timber
- ^ Launching entry on Eszter's Blog
- ^ Copies of Eszter Hargittai's research papers
- ^ The Social, Political, Economic, and Cultural Dimensions of Search Engines Special Theme of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
- ^ Web Use Project Press Coverage
- ^ Hundt, Reed, "Hundt: Nader Should Back Gore", Wired News', October. 12, 2000.
- ^ Senate Judiciary Hearing - R. Hundt - 5/02/01
- ^ "Web site urges Democrats to shop at 'blue' companies", Chicago Tribune, 14 December 2004.
- ^ "Program Aids Urban Poor In Accessing The Internet", Washington Post, 9 August 2004.
- ^ The Wall Street Journal, European Edition, January 26, 2000
- ^ Erdõs Number (self-calculation and references)
External links
- Eszter Hargittai's Home Page
- Eszter Hargittai's Blog
- Web Use Project
- Works by or about Eszter Hargittai in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
