Ethical gaps in studies of the digital divide

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-115

  Hacker, Kenneth L ^a   Mason, Shana M ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMC; Digital divide; Ethics; ICT; Internet

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

DIGITAL DIVIDE; ETHICAL CONCERNS; ETHICS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 33645123715     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024968602974     Document Type: Article

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