Electronic power to the people: Who is technology's keeper on the cyberspace frontier?

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 119-133

  Ogden, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 0042763927     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1625(96)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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