Young children's Internet use at home and school: Patterns and profiles

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-293

  Johnson, Genevieve Marie ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

child development; child internet use; ecological techno subsystem; home based users; internet literacy; school oriented communicators; school oriented users

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650126248     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X10379783     Document Type: Article

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