Access to the internet in the context of community participation and community satisfaction

New Media and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-109

  Dutta Bergman, Mohan J ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community satisfaction; Digital divide; Internet; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844255549     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444805049146     Document Type: Review

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