Competency in network use as a resource for citizenship: implications for the digital divide

Conceptual and empirical issues of citizens' network ompetency are explored, defined as people's capabilities to use the Internet in order to communicate and seek information and to utilize electronic public services. First, the concept of network competency is discussed. Second, based on...

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Published in:	Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
Main Authors:	Jääskeläinen, Pirkko; Savolainen, Reijo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Borås 2003-01-01
Subjects:	network competency networks citizenship digital divide information inequalities
Online Access:	http://informationr.net/ir/8-3/paper153.html