Differences in actual and perceived online skills: The role of gender

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 432-448

  Hargittai, Eszter ^a   Shafer, Steven ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646725379     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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