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Internet skills and the digital divide

van Deursen, Alexander, van Dijk, Jan·2011·New Media & Society
DOI 10.1177/1461444810386774
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Because of the growing amount of information on the internet and people’s increasing dependence on information, internet skills should be considered as a vital resource in contemporary society. This article focuses on the differential possession of internet skills among the Dutch population. In two studies, an in-depth range of internet skills are measured by charging subjects assignments to be accomplished on the internet. Subjects were recruited by applying a random stratified sampling method over gender, age, and education. While the level of operational and formal internet skills appeared quite high, the level of information and strategic internet skills is questionable. Whereas education appeared an important contributor to all skill levels, age only appeared a significant contributor to operational and formal skills. The results strengthen the findings that the original digital divide of physical internet access has evolved into a divide that includes differences in skills to use the internet.

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Authors
van Deursen, A., & van Dijk, J.
Venue
New Media & Society
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2010-12-06
Volume
13
Issue
6
Pages
893-911
ISSN
  • 1461-4448 (ISSN-L)
  • 1461-7315
DOI
10.1177/1461444810386774
OpenAlex
W2110016748
Cited by
990
References
5
FWCI
38.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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