The message is the medium: Geographic education in the age of the internet

Journal of Geography

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 93-99

  Sui, Daniel Z ^a   Bednarz, Robert S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 0032787154     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221349908978867     Document Type: Article

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