Closing the rural broadband gap: Promoting adoption of the Internet in rural America

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 359-373

  LaRose, Robert ^a   Gregg, Jennifer L ^b   Strover, Sharon ^c   Straubhaar, Joseph ^c   Carpenter, Serena ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband Internet; Diffusion; Digital divide; Rural

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND INTERNET; DIGITAL DIVIDE; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY;

DIFFUSION; INTERNET; RURAL AREAS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 34447509877     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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