Does the "Do-It-Yourself Approach" Reduce Digital Inequality? Evidence of Self-Learning of Digital Skills

Information Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Matzat, Uwe ^a   Sadowski, Bert ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

digital divide; digital inequality; digital skills; Internet use; learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860796236     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2011.629023     Document Type: Article

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