Multiple geographies of the Arab Internet

Area

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-96

  Warf, Barney ^a   Vincent, Peter ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arab; Cyberspace; Internet

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; INTERNET; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE NETWORK;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 34247139352     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2007.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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