Digital skills as a conditioning factor for digital political participation

Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-65

  De Marco, Stefano ^a   Robles, Jose Manuel ^a   Antino, Mirko ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Democratic divide; Digital divide; Digital Political Participation; Digital skills; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903703078     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/commun-2014-0004     Document Type: Article

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