Explaining the global digital divide: Economic, political and sociological drivers of cross-national internet use

Social Forces

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 681-708

  Guillén, Mauro F ^a,c   Suárez, Sandra L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 30744478921     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2006.0015     Document Type: Review

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