Marginality in the information age: Is the gender gap really diminishing?

Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 251-260

  Broos, Agnetha ^a   Roe, Keith ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cellular phone; Computer attitudes; Digital divide; Gender gap; Internet; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746493648     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/comm.2005.30.2.251     Document Type: Article

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