Gender and the use of the internet at home

New Media and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 395-416

  Singh, Supriya ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Domestication gender; Internet use; Tool technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035605485     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614440122226155     Document Type: Article

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