Balancing opportunities and risks in teenagers' use of the internet: The role of online skills and internet self-efficacy

New Media and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-329

  Livingstone, Sonia ^a   Helsper, Ellen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; Literacy; Online risks and opportunities; Skills; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949353278     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809342697     Document Type: Article

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