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New: Website for the project 'e-skills, key to 21st century labor'
New: Received grant to study the social context of digital inequality
New: eSkills, key to 21st century labor (interview in Dutch)
Approach on measuring digital inequality:
My framework on Internet skills used in research and policy evaluations:
Book: Digital Skills, unlocking the information society
This book systematically discusses the skills or literacies needed in the use of digital media (see framework above), primarily computers and the Internet. 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.
Recent media outings:
- Internetgebruik leidt vooral tot economisch voordeel (ANP)
- Internet use translates into greater economic than social benefits in real world (LsE)
- Internet fa crescere la disuguaglianza (Rai)
- Ook op internet neemt sociale ongelijkheid toe (ANP)
- Internetgebruik versterkt traditionele ongelijkheid (InGovernment)
Recent journal articles:
- Do the rich get digitally richer? Quantity and quality of support for digital engagement
- The Third Level Digital Divide
- Development and validation of the Internet Skills Scale (ISS)
- Toward a Multifaceted Model of Internet Access to Understand Digital Divides
- A nuanced understanding of Internet use and non-use amongst older adults
- Internet skill levels increase, but gaps widen
- Increasing Inequalities in What We Do Online
Other additions:
- Book chapter: Digital Skills in Europe: Research and Policy
