The digital divide in Sydney: A sociospatial analysis

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 168-193

  Holloway, Darren ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer and Internet usage; Digital divide; Social aspects of the digital divide; Spatial aspects of the digital divide; Sydney

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044449123     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180500146276     Document Type: Review

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