My research explores the "cultural" aspects of sociology with an emphasis on how non-economic factors shape social inequality. For example, I study the impact of "cultural capital" -- familiar and comfortable relationships to prestigious forms of culture – on educational attainment. High school students high on this dimension graduate from college and marry better educated spouses more often than otherwise similar peers. My present work explores the consequences of increasing inequality related to the uses of technology, especially the Internet. The impact of social class on access to and use of the new digital technologies is of particular importance. My research establishes a connection between Internet use and income: high-status people more easily gain access to new technologies and they are able to successfully employ them to reinforce their economic advantage. At the same time, working-class young men who are high in cultural capital and demonstrate command of new technologies are able to move ahead more swiftly in the workplace. These men are more likely to assimilate into the middle class, a finding which indicates that the well-educated and prosperous do not have a lock on the social networks that lubricate market exchange. This research helps us to better understand the dynamics of inequality, the tenacity of social distinction and the permeability of the class structure.