The information environment and universal service

Information Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-159

  Lievrouw, Leah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Cultural indicators; Information environment; Information indicators; Internet; New media; Social indicators; Universal service

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034165055     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240050032924     Document Type: Article

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