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The concept of digital divide is studied in this paper. The authors show that the concept of digital divide has got a new meaning in the Nordic countries. The stress is no more an factors like age, costs, family structure, income, geography, rural and regional factors, religion and so on, but the main cause of digital divide is the lacking skills in using the ICT.
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Mäkinen, O., Naarmala, J. (2008). The Changing Concept of Digital Divide. In: Iskander, M. (eds) Innovative Techniques in Instruction Technology, E-learning, E-assessment, and Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8739-4_71
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