Exploring social theory as a framework for social and cultural measurements of the information society

Information Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 303-310

  Pruulmann Vengerfeldt, Pille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Domain theory; Estonia; Information society measurements; Social and cultural aspects

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748993172     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240600904233     Document Type: Review

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