Beyond the 'digital divide': Internet diffusion and inequality in Australia

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-59

  Willis, Suzanne ^a   Tranter, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Internet; Social class; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645564627     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783306061352     Document Type: Review

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