Digital skills : unlocking the information society /
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 sho...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 187 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137437020 (hardback) 1137437022 (hardback) |