Nerdy, trendy or healthy? Configuring the internet café

New Media and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 357-377

  Lægran, Anne Sofie ^a   Stewart, James ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Configuration; Cybercaf ; Internet caf ; Norway; Scotland; Technosocial space

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141707858     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614448030053004     Document Type: Review

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