Putting digital literacy in practice: How schools contribute to digital inclusion in the network society

Information Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-208

  Meneses, Julio ^a   Mominó, Josep Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children and young people; Community; Digital inequalities; Digital literacy; Internet; Network society; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951899285     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972241003712231     Document Type: Article

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