The Internet in contemporary society

A reality check (digital relativity / digitale betrekkelijkheid)

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My name is Alexander van Deursen, assistant professor at the University of Twente (click for CV).



My goal is to improve our understanding of internet use in contemporary information society. By looking beyond hypes and popular assumptions, my research focuses on where we are really at. I like to call this digital relativity (or in Dutch digitale betrekkelijkheid).

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Trendrapport Computer- en Internetgebruik 2011



Dissertation "Internet skills, vital assets in an information society"

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