On the margins of the "Information Society": A comparative study of mediation

Information Society

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 279-290

  Beck, Eevi ^a   Madon, Shirin ^b,c   Sahay, Sundeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bangalore; Information society; Marginalization; Ronneby; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 4744368151     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240490481009     Document Type: Review

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