Policy options to combat the digital divide in Western Europe

Informing Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 115-123

  Carveth, Rod ^a   Kretchmer, Susan B ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Digital divide; Internet; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544387438     PISSN: 15214672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/542     Document Type: Review

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