Making Information Transparent as a Means to Close the Global Digital Divide

Minds and Machines

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-99

  Hongladarom, Soraj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION USE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDES; INFORMATION ETHICS; SEMANTIC REPRESENTATIONS;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 0742286865     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MIND.0000005137.58950.c9     Document Type: Article

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