Development and validation of the Internet Skills Scale (ISS)

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 804-823

  van Deursen, Alexander J A M ^a   Helsper, Ellen J ^b   Eynon, Rebecca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

digital skills; Internet skills; interviews; scale construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940099455     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2015.1078834     Document Type: Article

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