Bridging Latin America's digital divide: Government policies and internet access

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 646-665

  Hawkins, Eliza Tanner ^a   Hawkins, Kirk A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; POLICY STRATEGY;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 0345874525     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900308000310     Document Type: Article

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