Toward a Multifaceted Model of Internet Access for Understanding Digital Divides: An Empirical Investigation

Information Society

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 379-391

  van Deursen, Alexander J A M ^a   van Dijk, Jan A G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

digital divide; Internet access; material access; motivation; skills; usage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941635871     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2015.1069770     Document Type: Article

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