The compoundness and sequentiality of digital inequality

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages 452-473

  Van Deursen, Alexander J A M ^a   Helsper, Ellen J ^b   Eynon, Rebecca ^c   Van Dijk, Jan A G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Digital inequality; Internet skills; Internet use; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017222929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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