Bridging the dual digital divide: A local net and an IT-Café in Sweden

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-159

  Ferlander, Sara ^a,b   Timms, Duncan ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Faculty of Human Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Sociology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged area; Dual digital divide; IT Caf ; Local community; Local Net, sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646522246     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180600630732     Document Type: Article

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