From the Digital Divide to the Democratic Divide: Internet Skills, Political Interest, and the Second-Level Digital Divide in Political Internet Use
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Information Technology & Politics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1933-1681,1933-169X
DOI: 10.1080/19331680903109402