The digital literacy debate: An investigation of digital propensity and information and communication technology

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 531-555

  Nasah, Angelique ^a   DaCosta, Boaventura ^a   Kinsell, Carolyn ^a   Seok, Soonhwa ^b  

^a Solers Research Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Digital literacy; Digital natives; Digital propensity; Gender; ICT; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957117606     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-010-9151-8     Document Type: Article

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