Cyber kiosks and dilemmas of social inclusion in rural India

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Sreekumar, T T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Gender; ICTs; NGOs; Participation; Social enterprises; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948949097     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443707081692     Document Type: Article

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