Digital switchover or digital divide: A prognosis for usable and accessible interactive digital television in the UK

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 400-416

  Carmichael, Alex ^a   Rice, Mark ^a   Sloan, David ^a   Gregor, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications act; Digital exclusion; Digital television action plan; Disability discrimination act; Ofcom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645788557     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-005-0004-x     Document Type: Article

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