Eszter Hargittai (born 1973[1] in Budapest, Hungary) is a communication studies scholar and Professor at the University of Zurich.

Before moving to Zurich, she was Delaney Family Professor of Communication Studies and Faculty Associate of the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) at Northwestern University where she is still affiliated as Adjunct Professor and Fellow at IPR.

[4] She has studied the differences in people's Web-use skills, the evolution of search engines [5] and the organization and presentation of online content, political uses of information technologies, how IT are influencing the types of cultural products people consume, and geocaching.

Her work on the international spread of the Internet was referenced by Wired News [7] and cited in a United States Senate hearing.

[8] Other coverage includes BBC News as well as the Chicago Tribune [9] The Washington Post,[10] The Wall Street Journal [11] and several other publications.