Rethinking universal service: Citizenship, consumption norms, and the telephone

Information Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-98

  Preston, Paschal ^a   Flynn, Roderick ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Citizenship rights; Consumption norms; Information access; Universal service

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034343485     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240050032843     Document Type: Article

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