Laboring under the digital divide

New Media and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 487-511

  Rodino Colocino, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; History of digital divide research; Labor; WashTech

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746354947     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444806064487     Document Type: Article

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