Are heavy users of computer games and social media more computer literate?

Computers and Education

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1339-1349

  Appel, Markus ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Media in education; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANXIETY; COMPUTER GAME; COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE; COMPUTER LITERACY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACEBOOK; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION; INCIDENTAL LEARNING; INTERNET ACTIVITY; LEISURE TIME; LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH; MAIN EFFECT; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TIME SPENT;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

INTERNET;

EID: 84864039735     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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