Digital Na(t)ives? Variation in internet skills and uses among members of the "net Generation"

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-113

  Hargittai, Eszter ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 76149139754     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2009.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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