A Standardized Cross-National Comparison of Incomes
In: The sociological quarterly: TSQ, Band 33, Heft 4, S. 599-609
ISSN: 1533-8525
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In: The sociological quarterly: TSQ, Band 33, Heft 4, S. 599-609
ISSN: 1533-8525
In: Sociological focus: quarterly journal of the North Central Sociological Association, Band 21, Heft 1, S. 9-33
ISSN: 2162-1128
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 89, Heft 2, S. 410-419
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: Current anthropology, Band 23, Heft 2, S. 193-194
ISSN: 1537-5382
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 87, Heft 4, S. 942-946
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 86, Heft 6, S. 1410-1415
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: Sociological inquiry: the quarterly journal of the International Sociology Honor Society, Band 76, Heft 2, S. 188-209
ISSN: 1475-682X
Some scholars have argued that we are witnessing a new social revolution—social "informatization"—that is comparable in scope and impact to that of the Industrial Revolu‐tion of the eighteenth century. Others have argued that it is a much more modest phase in the ongoing development of communication and information‐processing technology. While there are a number of reasons for disagreement about what exactly "informatization" is, and what its impact will be, two are paramount: (1) conceptual imprecision, and (2) issues of measurement. Using factor analysis, this study aims to clarify its conceptualization, and, then, rather than focusing on a single dimension (e.g., technological or economic), it will develop a comprehensive multiple‐indicator measure that captures the economic, technological, and size (stock) dimensions of social informatization. We find that this measure of social informatization strongly correlates with the general level of socioeconomic development. This result implies that social informatization may be a more continuous and cumulative process than a disjunctive or discontinuous "revolution."