Private uses in public spaces: A study of an internet café

New Media and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-350

  Lee, Sarah ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Cyber caf ; Gender; Internet; Public; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141772314     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614449922225618     Document Type: Article

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