Local experts in the domestication of information and communication technologies

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-569

  Stewart, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Experts; Intermediaries; Internet; Networks; Non use; Social

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548309019     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180701560093     Document Type: Article

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