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Digital divide research, achievements and shortcomings

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van Dijk, Jan A.G.M.·2006·Poetics
DOI 10.1016/j.poetic.2006.05.004
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  • The findings together point toward the digital divide, reflecting differences in students' knowledge, skills, and abilities related to their socio-economic background.

    “these findings together point toward the digital divide, which is described as inequality related to ICT literacy and use, and reflect the differences in students' knowledge, skills, and abilities related to their socio-economic background”

    From Taking a future perspective by learning from the past – A systematic review of assessment instruments that aim to measure primary and secondary school students' ICT literacy (2016) · cites this paper as van Dijk, 2006

    The Abstract and §3.4 (Skills access) describe the digital divide in terms of inequalities in ICT skills and use. Section 3.2 (Material access) links access inequalities to income, education, and social resources. The paper does not establish that the particular differences in these students’ knowledge, skills, and abilities reflect their socio-economic backgrounds. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
van Dijk, J. A. G. M.
Venue
Poetics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-08
Volume
34
Issue
4-5
Pages
221-235
ISSN
0304-422X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.poetic.2006.05.004
OpenAlex
W2040484355
Cited by
2,046
References
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FWCI
105.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
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www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Poetics (publishedVersion)
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › General Social Sciences › Information Society and Technology Trends
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Media Technology › ICT Impact and Policies
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › ICT in Developing Communities
Keywords
digital divide, information and communication technologies, ICT access, digital inequality, digital skills, information society, new media, research gaps, conceptual definitions, physical access

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