Young people's internet use: Divided or diversified?

Childhood

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-66

  Boonaert, Tom ^a   Vettenburg, Nicole ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

digital divide; diversity; inclusion exclusion; internet; youth research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751488956     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568210367524     Document Type: Article

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