From origins to implications: Key aspects in the debate over the digital divide

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 284-295

  James, Jeffrey ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Access to information technology; Digital divide; IT and globalization; IT and inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548265079     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000097     Document Type: Article

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