Inequalities of digital skills and how to overcome them

Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 278-291

  van Dijk, Jan ^a   van Deursen, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-699-0.ch015     Document Type: Chapter

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