ESZTER HARGITTAI You may download a pdf copy here. Communication Studies Department, Northwestern University, 2240 Campus Dr., Evanston, IL 60208 847-467-4681 * 847-467-1036 (fax) eszter @ northwestern.edu * http://www.eszter.com See:  Employment |  Education | Publications | Awards | Grants | Invited Talks | Presentations | Teaching | Service | ... EMPLOYMENT Northwestern University 2003-present. Assistant Professor, Communication Studies and Sociology 2004-present. Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research Other Affiliations 2003-present. Visiting Research Collaborator. Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies. Princeton University. 2002-present. Affiliate. National Center for Digital Government. Harvard University. 2003. Post-Doctoral Fellow. Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies. Princeton University 1998-present. Associate Director. International Networks Archive. Princeton University EDUCATION Princeton University Ph.D., Sociology. 2003. Dissertation: How Wide a Web? Inequalities in Accessing Information Online Winner of the National Communication Association's G.R.Miller Dissertation Award for 2004. Committee: Paul DiMaggio (Chair), Miguel Angel Centeno, Paul Starr, Craig Calhoun, W. Russell Neuman, Ron Rice Princeton University M.A., Sociology. 2000. General examinations in Communications, Economic Sociology, Social Networks Smith College B.A., Sociology. 1996. High departmental honors, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa Honors Thesis: The Internet and International Stratification. Additional course work at New York University, University of Geneva (Switzerland) and Cornell University ELTE Trefort Ágoston Gyakorló Iskola, Budapest, Hungary High school diploma 1992 (elective concentration: geography) PUBLICATIONS (Please see my research page for copies of these publications) JOURNAL ARTICLES A14.  Do you "google"? Understanding Search Engine Popularity Beyond the Hype 2004. First Monday. 9(3) A13.  Classifying and Coding Online Actions 2004. Social Science Computer Review. 22(2):210-227. A12.  Internet Access and Use in Context 2004. New Media and Society. 6(1):137-143 A11.  New Social Survey Perspectives on the Digital Divide (with John Robinson and Paul DiMaggio) 2003. IT & Society. 1(5):1-22. Summer. A10.  Serving Citizens' Needs: Minimizing Online Hurdles to Accessing Government Information 2003. IT & Society. 1(3)27-41. Winter. A09.  Beyond Logs and Surveys: In-Depth Measures of People's Online Skills 2002. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 53(14):1239-1244. A08.  Second-Level Digital Divide: Differences in People's Online Skills 2002. First Monday. 7(4). http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_4/hargittai A07.  The Social Implications of the Internet (with Paul DiMaggio, Russell Neuman and John Robinson) 2001. Annual Review of Sociology. 27:307-336. R01. Reprinted in The Academy and the Internet. Edited by M.Price and H.Nissenbaum.New York: Peter Lang. A06.  Defining a Global Geography 2001. American Behavioral Scientist. 10(44):1545-1560 A05.  Standing Before the Portals: Non-Profit Content in the Age of Commercial Gatekeepers 2000. info 2(6):543-550. December. A04.  Open Portals or Closed Gates: Channeling Content on the World Wide Web 2000. Poetics. 27(4) 233-254. A03.  Radio's Lessons for the Inernet 2000. Communications of the ACM. 43(1):50-56 A02.  Weaving the Western Web: Explaining Differences in Internet Connectivity Among OECD Countries 1999. Telecommunications Policy. 23(10/11):701-718. A01.  Phone Calls and Fax Machines: The Limits to Globalization (with Hugh Louch and Miguel Angel Centeno) 1999. The Washington Quarterly. 22:2 83-100 BOOK CHAPTERS C05.  Digital Inequality: From Unequal Access to Differentiated Use: (with Paul DiMaggio, Coral Celeste and Steven Shafer) 2004. In Social Inequality. Edited by Kathryn Neckerman. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2004. pp.355-400. C04.  The Changing Online Landscape: From Free-for-All to Commercial Gatekeeping 2004. In Community Practice in the Network Society: Local Action/Global Interaction. Edited by P.Day and D.Schuler. Routledge C03. The Digital Divide and What To Do About It 2003. The New Economy Handbook. Edited by D.C.Jones. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. C02.  Informed Web Surfing: The Social Context of User Sophistication 2003. in Society Online: The Internet in Context Edited by P.Howard and S.Jones. Sage Publications. C01.  Untangling the Tangled Net: Symmetry and the Internet 2002. in Symmetry 2000. Edited by I. Hargittai and T. Laurent. London: Portland Press Ltd. EDITED VOLUMES E01.  Mapping Globalization 2001. Co-Editor (with Miguel Angel Centeno) Volume 10 Number 44. Special issue of the American Behavioral Scientist WORKING PAPERS W01. From Digital Divide to Digital Inequality with Paul DiMaggio 2001. Working Paper #15. Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Princeton University. OTHER (RESEARCH NOTES, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES) O04. Life Beyond Google 2004. BBC News. April 6. O03. Surviving the Job Market 2003. Network News. (Sociologists for Women in Society). Spring. O02. Letter to the Editor 2001. Technology Review. 104(7):15. September. O01. Expanding The Pipeline, Craw Database Aids Academic Recruiters. (with Joan Feigenbaum and Joseph O'Rourke) 1994. Computing Research News. September Approximately 20 articles in Magyar Hírlap, a national Hungarian daily newspaper, 1994. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS G.R. MILLER OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARD, National Communication Association, 2004 SSRC SUMMER FELLOW, Digital Cultural Institutions Project, Culture, Creativity and Information Technology, Social Science Research Council, 2004 WILSON FELLOW, Fellowship of Woodrow Wilson Scholars, Princeton University, 2000-02 DAN DAVID PRIZE SCHOLARSHIP FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY, Dan David Foundation and Tel Aviv University, 2002 SSRC SUMMER FELLOW, Program on Information Technology, International Cooperation and Global Security, Social Science Research Council, 2002 PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT WRITING FELLOWSHIP, Pew Internet Project, 2002 CANDACE ROGERS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER, Eastern Sociological Society, 2001 BEST GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER PRIZE, American Sociological Association Section on Sociology and Computers, 2001 GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION SECOND PLACE. Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, The 28th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, 2000 UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP, Princeton University, 1997-2000 SMITH ALUMNAE SCHOLARSHIP FOR GRADUATE STUDY, The Jean Fine Spahr Fellowship Fund of Smith College, 1996. SAMUEL BOWLES PRIZE FOR BEST SENIOR PAPER IN SOCIOLOGY, Smith College, 1996 JULIET EVANS NELSON AWARD FOR GENERAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE SMITH COMMUNITY AND DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO CAMPUS LIFE (nominated by peers), Smith College, 1996 RESEARCH AND TRAVEL GRANTS SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION INNOVATIONS FUND AWARDEE, Northwestern University, 2004-2005 RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE RESEARCH FELLOW, Northwestern University, 2004-2005 MARKLE FOUNDATION GRANT. "How Wide a Web? 'Second Level Digital Divide' in Internet Use." 2000. SUMMER FELLOWSHIP GRANT. The Graduate School, Princeton University. 2001. CENTER FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL POLICY STUDIES PROJECT GRANT. "How People Locate Content on the Web" (Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University). 2000-01. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY WOODROW WILSON FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM RESEARCH GRANT. 2000. SPENCER FOUNDATION MENTOR GRANT (PI: Professor Jennifer Hochschild, Politics, Princeton University) 1999. SUMMER FELLOWSHIP GRANT. The Graduate School, Princeton University. 1999. CENTER FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL POLICY STUDIES PROJECT GRANT. "Organization of Access to the Content of the World Wide Web". (Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University) 1998-99. COUNCIL ON REGIONAL STUDIES PRE-DISSERTATION RESEARCH GRANT,.Princeton University. 1998. TRAVEL GRANTS: Dean's Fund for Scholarly Travel, The Graduate School, Princeton University, 2000; Computer, Freedom, and Privacy 2000 Conference in Toronto, USENIX Association, 2000; First Comparativist Graduate Student Training Retreat at UCLA, 1999; Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni, 1998; The Internet Society, 1998; The Graduate School, New York University, 1997, Smith College Senior Thesis Grant, 1995 INVITED TALKS HOW PEOPLE FIND INFORMATION ONLINE: EVIDENCE FROM USER STUDIES Seminar Speaker, France Télécom, Paris, 2004 HOW DO PEOPLE SEARCH FOR JOBS ONLINE? EVIDENCE FROM USER STUDIES Invited Speaker, Conference on Online Recruitment, London School of Economics, London, 2004 INTERNET "GATEKEEPERS" IN ONLINE CONTENT CONSUMPTION Invited Speaker, Media Concentration and the Internet, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia Business School, New York City, 2004 FREE SPEECH AND THE INTERNET Invited Speaker. Weinstein-Schneiderman Social Action Weekend. K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Congregation. Chicago, IL, 2004 DIGITALLY TOGETHER YET WORLDS APART Keynote Speaker, Center for Internet Studies Inaugural Conference, Tel Aviv University, 2003 WEB OF OPPORTUNITY OR WEB OF CONFUSION? DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S ONLINE SKILLS Invited Speaker. St. Francis University, Loretto, PA, 2003 SEARCH AND YOU SHALL FIND? HOW PEOPLE LOCATE CONTENT ONLINE Invited Speaker. Webshop, University of Maryland, 2003 NAVIGATION STUDIES Invited Speaker. Webshop, University of Maryland, 2002 INTERNET INEQUALITIES: THE SECOND-LEVEL DIGITAL DIVIDE IN PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO USE THE WEB Workshop on Infrastructure: Technological, Human, and Intersection Between the Two, Northwestern University, 2002 'GUESS YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE: HOW USERS SUCCEED AND FAIL IN FINDING CONTENT ONLINE Guest Lecturer, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, College Park, 2001 THE INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL DIVIDE Invited Speaker, Webshop, University of Maryland, 2001 USERS' WEB NAVIGATION SKILLS Invited Speaker, Webshop, University of Maryland, 2001 HOW WIDE A WEB? DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO LOCATE CONTENT ONLINE Guest Speaker, Human-Computer Interaction Research Group, AT&T Research, Florham Park, 2001 WHEN OLD MEDIA WERE NEW - HISTORICAL LESSONS FOR THE STUDY OF THE INTERNET Cultural Dynamics Conference, Princeton University, 2001 SECOND-LEVEL DIGITAL DIVIDE IN INTERNET USE Guest Speaker, Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, DC, 2000 UNTANGLING THE TANGLED NET: SYMMETRY AND THE INTERNET Wenner-Gren Symposium on Symmetry 2000, Stockholm, 2000 CITIES AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Workshop on Cities in the Information Age, Urban Research Initiative, Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service New York University, 1999 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS ONLINE INEQUALITIES: EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S WEB USE SKILLS MISRC/CRITO Symposium on the Digital Divide, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 2004 WHAT MAKES AN EXPERT SEARCHER? EVIDENCE FROM USER STUDIES World Wide Web Conference 2004, New York City, 2004 ONLINE JOB SEARCHING: NEW INFORMATION ON METHODS AND SKILL Eastern Sociological Society, New York City, 2004 ALTERNATIVE SOCIOLOGICAL CAREERS: INTERDISCIPLINARY DEPARTMENTS Eastern Sociological Society, New York City, 2004 CONTENT DIVERSITY ONLINE Fordham/Ford Foundation meeting on Media Diversity, New York City, 2003 SEARCH AND YOU SHALL FIND? THE EFFECTS OF ONLINE COMMERCIAL INTERESTS ON PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO FIND CONTENT ON THE WEB Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Alexandria, VA, 2003 ONLINE GATEKEEPERS: MYTH OR REALITY? Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Arlington, VA, 2002 SECOND-LEVEL DIGITAL DIVIDE: DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO FIND INFORMATION ONLINE American Sociological Association, Chicago, 2002 THE NEW DIGITAL INEQUALITY: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AMONG INTERNET USERS (with Paul DiMaggio) American Sociological Association, Chicago, 2002 INTERNET INEQUALITIES: DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S ONLINE SKILLS Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, 2002 SOCIOLOGY, THE WEB AND HIGHER EDUCATION: HEALTHY SYNERGY OR THREE IS A CROWD? Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, 2002 BEYOND LOGS AND SURVEYS: IN-DEPTH MEASURES OF PEOPLE'S WEB USE SKILLS ASIST SIG USE Research Symposium 2001: Effective Methods for Studying Information Seeking and Use Washington, DC, 2001 SECOND-LEVEL DIGITAL DIVIDE IN INTERNET USE: MAPPING DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE'S ONLINE SKILLS Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Arlington, VA, 2001 SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORKS AND PEOPLE'S LEVEL OF WEB USE International Network of Social Network Analysis, Budapest, 2001 WHEN OLD MEDIA WERE NEW - HISTORICAL LESSONS FOR THE STUDY OF THE INTERNET Cultural Dynamics Conference, Princeton University, 2001 WEB OF OPPORTUNITY OR WEB OF CONFUSION? DIFFERENCES IN HOW PEOPLE USE THE WORLD WIDE WEB Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, PA, 2001 HOW PEOPLE LOCATE CONTENT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC), The 28th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, Alexandria, VA, 2000 BEST STUDENT PAPERS: EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCES IN INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AMONG OECD COUNTRIES TPRC, Alexandria, VA, 2000 PORTAL POWER: CHANNELING USER ATTENTION ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB American Sociological Association (ASA), Washington, DC, 2000 INEQUALITY IN ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET ASA, Washington, DC, 2000 SECOND-LEVEL DIGITAL DIVIDE IN INTERNET USE Guest Speaker, Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, DC, 2000 OPEN PORTALS OR CLOSED GATES? CHANNELING CONTENT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB International Communications Association, Acapulco, Mexico, 2000 OPEN PORTALS OR CLOSED GATES? THE IMPLICATIONS OF ONLINE COMMERCIAL GATEKEEPERS FOR A DIVERSE CULTURAL SPHERE IN CYBERSPACE Shaping the Network Society: The Future of the Public Sphere in Cyberspace, Seattle, 2000 ACCESS AND INEQUALITY ON THE INTERNET American Association of Public Opinion Research, Portland, OR, 2000 CITIES AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Workshop on Cities in the Information Age, Urban Research Initiative, Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service New York University, 1999 OPEN PORTALS OR CLOSED GATES? CHANNELING CONTENT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton University, 1999 WEAVING THE WESTERN WEB - EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES IN INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AMONG OECD COUNTRIES First International Graduate Student Retreat for Comparative Research, Los Angeles, 1999 NETWORK MEASURES OF COMMUNICATION XIX International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Charleston, SC, 1999 THE PROS AND CONS OF IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNET IN COLLEGE TEACHING American Sociological Association, San Francisco, 1998 WHO CALLS WHOM? GLOBALIZATION IN INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS American Sociological Association, San Francisco, 1998 REINVENTING UNIVERSAL BROADCASTING? PARALLELS BETWEEN THE RADIO'S AND THE INTERNET'S EARLY YEARS Internet Society, Geneva, Switzerland, 1998 HOLES IN THE NET: THE INTERNET AND INTERNATIONAL STRATIFICATION Internet Society, Geneva, Switzerland, 1998 THE PROS AND CONS OF IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNET IN THE CLASSROOM, MAKING SENSE OF THE HYPE Internet Society, Geneva, Switzerland, 1998 THE INTERNET AND INTERNATIONAL STRATIFICATION American Sociological Association, Toronto, 1997 ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, International Networks Archive, Princeton University, since 1998 GRADUATE ASSISTANT, "The Social, Political and Cultural Impact of New Technologies," Principal Investigators: Paul DiMaggio, Princeton & John Robinson, UMaryland, 1998-2001 RESEARCH AFFILIATE, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton University, 1997-2003 RESEARCH ASSISTANT to Paul Starr (data collection on the diffusion of radio and television technologies in the US, UK, France, and Britain), Princeton University, 1998 RESEARCH ASSISTANT to Charles Ricq, Centre d'Observation Européen des Régions, Geneva, Switzerland, 1996 DATA ANALYST, Computing Research Association, 1994 TEACHING EXPERIENCE INSTRUCTOR, Social Implications of Communication and Information Technologies, Northwestern University, Winter 2004 (graduate seminar) INSTRUCTOR, Introduction to Methods in Mass Communication Research, Northwestern University, Winter 2004 (graduate seminar) WORKSHOP LEADER, Social Science Cluster, Assistants in Instruction Orientation Program, Princeton University, Fall, 2002 and Spring, 2003 PARTICIPANT, Master Class in Lecturing, Princeton University, 2001 INSTRUCTOR, Senior Thesis Writers' Group, Sociology Department, Princeton University, 2000/01 TEACHING ASSISTANT, New Technologies in Teaching and Research, Summer Graduate Seminar, Princeton University, 1999 PRECEPTOR (TA) for Communications, Culture, and Society (Sociology), Princeton University (Prof. Paul Starr), 1998 TEACHING ASSISTANT, Computer Literacy (Computer Science), Smith College (Prof. Joseph O'Rourke), 1993/4 LABORATORY ASSISTANT, Evaluating Information (Sociology), Smith College (Prof. Nancy Whittier), 1993/4 Co-organizer of TIPS (Teaching Initiative for Princeton Sociology Graduate Students), 2000-2002, Awarded the American Sociological Association Teaching Enhancement Grant (with Wendy Cadge and Nina Bandelj) SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUSTER DISCUSSION LEADER, Assistants in Instruction Teaching and Orientation Conference, Princeton University, 2002 PARTICIPANT, Master Class in Lecturing, McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, Princeton University, 2001 GUEST LECTURER "The Digital Divide" Communication, Culture and Society (Sociology) Princeton University (Prof. Paul Starr), 2002 "Efficient Web Searching", Scholars in Schools Program, Princeton University (invited talks to high school students), Spring 2002 "The Social Aspects of Information Technologies" Computers and Computing (Computer Science) Princeton University (Prof. Perry Cook), 2002 "The Social Aspects of Information Technologies" The Wireless Revolution: Telecommunications for the 21st Century (Electrical Engineering) Princeton University (Prof. Vincent Poor), 2001 "The Social Aspects of Information Technologies" Computers In Our World (Computer Science) Princeton University (Prof. Brian Kernighan), 2000 "The Diffusion of Communication Technologies" The Wireless Revolution: Telecommunications for the 21st Century (Electrical Engineering) Princeton University (Prof. Vincent Poor), 2000 "Personal Identity in Computer-Mediated Environments The Social Basis of Individual Behavior (Sociology), Princeton University (Prof. Abigail Saguy), 2000 "Free Speech And The Internet" The Internet (Computer Science) Smith College (Prof. Joseph O'Rourke), 1998 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE REVIEWER for American Sociological Review Gender and Society Imprints Information, Communication and Society Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Journal of Medical Internet Research New Media and Society Social Problems Telecommunications Policy The Information Society The Sociological Quarterly Social Science Quarterly National Science Foundation Princeton University Press PROGRAM COMMITTEE, Communication and Information Technology Section, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, 2004 PROGRAM COMMITTEE, Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, 2003 WEB SITE USER GROUP, American Sociological Association, 2002-ongoing CHAIR, Graduate Student Paper Prize Committee, Sociology and Computers Section of the American Sociological Association, 2002 COUNCIL MEMBER, Sociology and Computers Section of the American Sociological Association, 2000-02 COMPUTER COMMITTEE, Eastern Sociological Society, 2002-03 AD HOC COMMITTEE TO RENAME AND REDEFINE, ASA Sociology and Computers Section, 2001 UNIVERSITY SERVICE AT NORTHWESTERN Faculty Fellow, Communications Residential College, Northwestern University, 2003-present AT PRINCETON CHAIR, Princeton University Graduate Student Government, 1999/2000 MEMBER, Executive Committee, Alumni Council, Princeton University, 2000-2001 MEMBER, Board of Governors, Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni, 1999/2000 MEMBER, Executive Committee, Council of the Princeton University Community, 1999/2000 PRESS SECRETARY, Graduate Student Union (former GSG), 1997-1999 MEMBER, Committee on Rights and Rules of the Council of the Princeton University Community, 1998/99, 2000/01 MEMBER, Review Committee for the Princeton University Information Technology Resources and Internet Access Guidelines, 2000-2001 GRADUATE FELLOW, Forbes College, Princeton University 2001-03 GRADUATE FELLOW, Center for Jewish Life, Princeton University, 2000-02 GRADUATE FELLOW, Wilson College, Princeton University, 1997-2000 DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE AT NORTHWESTERN MEMBER, School of Communication Committee on Freshmen Seminars, 2003-2004 AT PRINCETON ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE MEMBER, Graduate Program, Sociology Department, 1999, 2001 SENIOR COHORT REPRESENTATIVE, Graduate Student Advisory Committee, Sociology, 2001 DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE, Graduate Student Union, 1997-1999 STUDENT OFFICE SPACE COORDINATOR, Sociology Department, 1997-1999 OTHER SERVICE ALUMNAE ADMISSIONS VOLUNTEER, Princeton Area Smith College Club, 1997-2002 WEBMASTER, Princeton Area Smith College Club, 1997-ongoing WEBMASTER, Smith College Class of 1996, 1996-2001 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Sociological Association American Society for Information Science and Technology Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Eastern Sociological Society International Communication Association National Communication Association Sociologists for Women in Society LANGUAGE SKILLS ENGLISH, HUNGARIAN - Bilingual FRENCH - Fluency GERMAN - Near Fluency Previous studies of RUSSIAN, JAPANESE and ITALIAN FOR MORE... 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