Appropriating civic information and communication technology: A critical study of Swedish ICT policy visions

New Media and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 611-627

  Olsson, Tobias ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Appropriation; Citizenship; Civic; Democracy; ICT policy; Internet; Qualitative methodology; Sweden; Working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746144415     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444806065659     Document Type: Article

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