The Web Use Project is Eszter Hargittai's research group at Northwestern University. The goal of the research conducted in this group is to learn about how people use the Web in their everyday lives and in particular, how differences in Internet use may contribute to social inequality.

Hargittai, E. & Litt, E. (Forthcoming). Facebook Fired? The Role of Internet Skill in People's Job-Related Privacy Practices Online. IEEE Security & Privacy.

Hargittai, E. & Shaw, A. (Forthcoming). Digitally Savvy Citizenship: The Role of Internet Skills and Engagement in Young Adults' Political Participation around the 2008 Presidential Elections. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media.

Hargittai, E. (In Press). The Potential - and Potential Pitfalls - of Survey Research. In The Practice of Research. Edited by Dana Fisher and Shamus Khan. Oxford University Press.

Hargittai, E. & Hsieh, Y.P. (2013). Digital Inequality. In Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies. Edited by William H. Dutton. Oxford University Press. 129-150.

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Recent Press

Online versus 'offline' relationships (original link) The Star Online February 26, 2013

Search option from Facebook is a privacy test (original link) The New York Times January 18, 2013

Helping kids cross the digital divide (original link) CNN October 5, 2012

Les Americains ne souffrent pas d'infobesite (etude) (original link) Le Figaro September 4, 2012