Maintaining the digital hub: Locating the community technology center in a communication infrastructure

New Media and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-257

  Hayden, Craig ^a   Ball Rokeach, Sandra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication infrastructure theory; Community technology center; Community based organizations; Digital divide; Storytelling network

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947409566     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444807075002     Document Type: Article

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