Nowadays individuals use the internet in different ways and for different purposes, according to their digital media attitudes, physical access opportunities, level of internet skills, as well as types of uses. Such differences among individuals lead to different internet outcomes. Consequently, digital inequalities are emerging among users, which limit their internet uses and represent the boundary between digital inclusion and exclusion. Hence, many individuals ask for help other internet users, who are able to provide an alternative way to access internet resources in the form of proxy internet use. In this thesis, we were interested in the difference of internet outcomes between internet users engaged in proxy internet use (as proxy users or users-by-proxy) and the ones who were not. In the empirical study, we analyze data with the multiple linear regression from Slovenian Public Opinion Survey 2018 which enclosed a block of questions on the use of new technologies and the internet. The results show that the level of internet outcomes depends on internet uses, while the user’s level of internet skills is not so important. In addition, the results suggest that proxy internet use (as proxy users or users-by-proxy) leads to higher level of positive tangible outcomes among internet users. This is an important finding which could serve as a sound basis for a potential conceptual extension of the compound and sequential model of digital exclusion.
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