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About the E-Society Popular opinion is that new technologies lead to the creation of simple 'digital divides' between ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’. As developments in what has been termed our ‘e-society’ become more important to everyone, so we need to develop our understanding of the different impacts that technology has upon the ways in which people use it in their everyday lives – to make informed choices as citizens and consumers. Our E-Society Classification is a detailed classification of all of Great Britain’s neighbourhoods, based on information about levels of awareness of information and communications technologies, usage patterns, and attitudes to their effects upon quality of life. The classification provides a valuable and accessible means of studying the ‘E-Society’ and people’s engagement with new information and communications technologies. The online version provides predictions at the level of the unit postcode. Of course, predictions are not always accurate, and we would be very pleased to hear your opinions if you think we have got things wrong (or indeed right!). This website has been created as part of the Economic and Social Research Council’s E-Society Programme. This is the largest ever-academic research programme to investigate the impact of digital technologies, particularly the Internet on society. Full details of the program may be found at: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/e-society/. This website is also part of a HEFCE-funded geography outreach programme on Spatial Literacy in Teaching. You can also download a paper which contains details on how the classification was created:
A version of this paper will appear in a future issue of the journal Environment and Planning A.
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