The digital divide and the theory of optimal slack

New Media and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-319

  Newholm, Terry ^a,c   Keeling, Kathy ^a   McGoldrick, Peter ^a   MacAulay, Linda ^a   Doherty, Joanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Information technology; Online communities; Slack; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749118485     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444807086475     Document Type: Article

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