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A Pandemic for the Good of Digital Literacy? An Empirical Investigation of Newly Improved Digital Skills during COVID-19 Lockdowns

This research explores whether the rapid digital transformation due to COVID-19 managed to close or exacerbate the digital divide concerning users’ digital skills. We conducted a pre-registered survey with N = 1,143 German Internet users. Our findings suggest the latter: younger, male, and higher educated users were m…