Parents, ICTs, and children's prospects for success: Interviews along the digital "access rainbow"

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 409-426

  Clark, Lynn Schofield ^a   Demont Heinrich, Christof ^b   Webber, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UCB 478 ^*

Author keywords

Children; Cyberspace; Digital Divide; ICTs; Internet; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750561703     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07393180500342985     Document Type: Review

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