Eszter Hargittai

Eszter Hargittai (born 1973 [cite LAF|id=no2003-73054] ) 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 post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, and Woodrow Wilson School. She is a member of the group blog Crooked Timber.

She is currently Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Sociology, and Faculty Fellow of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University where she heads the Web-Use Project. [ [http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/people/hargittai.html Eszter's entry at the Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research page] ] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3601371.stm "Life beyond Google"] on BBC News ]

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.

She was interviewed about the Internet and its social effects on CNNfn's "The Flip Side" on April 29 2004. Her work on the international spread of the Internet and its social aspects has been quoted in BBC Newsas well as referenced by "Wired News" [Hundt, Reed, [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:-pcObWCV8nsJ:www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,39294,00.html%3Ftw%3Dwn_story_page_prev2+Eszter+Hargittai+site:wired.com&hl=en "Hundt: Nader Should Back Gore"] , "Wired News', October. 12, 2000.] the "Chicago Tribune" ["Web site urges Democrats to shop at 'blue' companies", "Chicago Tribune", 14 December 2004.] the "Washington Post" [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50706-2004Aug8.html "Program Aids Urban Poor In Accessing The Internet"] , "Washington Post", 9 August 2004.] , "The Wall Street Journal" [The Wall Street Journal, European Edition, January 26 2000] several other publications, and a United States Senate [ [http://judiciary.senate.gov/oldsite/te050201reh.htm Senate Judiciary Hearing - R. Hundt - 5/02/01] ] hearing.

Trivia

* Hargittai claims an Erdős number of 3. [ [http://www.eszter.com/erdos.html Erdõs Number (self-calculation and references)] ]

References

* [http://www.princeton.edu/~eszter/research.html List of publications that have printed Eszter Hargittai]

External links

* [http://www.eszter.com/ Eszter Hargittai's Home Page]
** [http://www.eszter.com/research/a15-surveymeasures.html Survey Measures of Web-Oriented Digital Literacy]
* [http://www.esztersblog.com/ Eszter Hargittai's Blog]
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