The diffusion of mobile internet in Japan

Information Society

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 292-303

  Akiyoshi, Mito ^a   Ono, Hiroshi ^b  

^a SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Digital divide; Digital inequality; Information technology; Mobile phones

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949121464     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240802356067     Document Type: Article

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