Digital Divide among youth: Socio-cultural factors and implications

Interactive Technology and Smart Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 161-171

  Parycek, Peter ^a   Sachs, Michael ^a   Schossböck, Judith ^a  

^a DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Digital Divide; Digital gap; Digital natives; Education; Media literacy; Young people; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993082550     PISSN: 17415659     EISSN: 17588510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17415651111165393     Document Type: Article

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