Digital Mobility Divides: How Access to Technology Shapes New Forms of Social Stratification

Judijanto & Haryanti (2025) note a growing but underexplored literature on digital technology’s role in social mobility, and Ahmed Lone et al. (2025) highlight the digital divide in education. This project proposes an interdisciplinary, longitudinal analysis exploring how digital skills acquisition, platform access, and online social networks are emerging as crucial determinants of upward mobility, especially in youth and marginalized groups. Focusing on both developed and developing contexts, the research would measure not only economic outcomes but also social capital and psychological well-being. By integrating digital sociology, education research, and labor economics, this study could illuminate whether digital divides are reinforcing or challenging traditional hierarchies—offering a roadmap for digital inclusion as social policy. This is especially timely given the acceleration of remote work and online learning post-COVID, a gap not yet fully mapped in current literature.

References:

1. The Role of Public Policy in Reducing Educational Inequality: Challenges and Opportunities. Maya Ahmed Lone, Muhammad Anosh, Faris Ahmed, Dua Shazib (2025). The Critical Review of Social Sciences Studies.
2. Bibliometrics of Social Mobility Studies in the Digital Age. Loso Judijanto, Titik Haryanti (2025). The Eastasouth Journal of Social Science and Humanities.