Electronic communities: Assessing equality of access in a rural Minnesota community

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 370-390

  Riedel, Eric ^a   Dresel, Libby ^a   Wagoner, Marc J ^a   Sullivan, John L ^a   Borgida, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer networks; Equity; Network access; Rural communities; Social captial; Technological diffusion; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444451902     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089443939801600403     Document Type: Article

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