Digital skills : unlocking the information society / by Jan A.G.M. van Dijk and Alexander J.A.M. van Deursen.
"Digital Skills systematically discusses the skills or literacies needed in the use of digital media, primarily computers and the Internet. Following the work of van Dijk's, The Deepening Divide: Inequality in the Information Society, it uses conceptual analysis and empirical observations...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Series: | Palgrave Macmillan's digital education and learning series.
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| Summary: | "Digital Skills systematically discusses the skills or literacies needed in the use of digital media, primarily computers and the Internet. Following the work of van Dijk's, The Deepening Divide: Inequality in the Information Society, it uses conceptual analysis and empirical observations to show what digital skills are, how they are distributed, how skill inequalities develop, and how these inequalities can be remedied by designers, educators, policymakers, and different types of Internet users"-- "This book systematically discusses the skills or literacies needed in the use of digital media, primarily computers and the Internet. A discussion that is based on conceptual analysis and empirical observations, among them a unique series of laboratory performance tests of several types of digital skills that are distinguished"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137437037 1137437030 1137437022 9781137437020 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |