The impact of internet use on the other side of the digital divide

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 43-47

  Jackson, Linda A ^a   Von Eye, Alexander ^a   Barbatsis, Gretchen ^a   Biocca, Frank ^a   Fitzgerald, Hiram E ^a,b   Zhao, Yong ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DIGITAL DIVIDE; INFORMATION GATHERING;

DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

INTERNET;

EID: 4243116401     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1005817.1005819     Document Type: Review

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