Where information society and community voice intersect

Information Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 355-365

  Srinivasan, Ramesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Ethnography; Information society; Ontology; Participatory development; Praxis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748989025     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240600904324     Document Type: Review

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