The Internet and daily life in Australia: An exploration

Information Society

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-110

  Spennemann, Dirk H R ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diurnal variations; Human activity patterns; Internet use; Time usage studies in computing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745002718     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240600567204     Document Type: Review

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