Gaps and bits: Conceptualizing measurements for digital divide/s

Information Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 269-278

  Barzilai Nahon, Karine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Digital divide; e readiness; Inclusion; Inequality; Information society indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748989026     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240600903953     Document Type: Review

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