Digital divide complacency: Misconceptions and dangers

Information Society

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-61

  James, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Dualism; Durables; Internet; Projections

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349032992     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240701774790     Document Type: Article

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