Perpetuating old exclusions and producing new ones: Digital exclusion in an information society

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-78

  Wong, Yu Cheung ^a   Law, Chi Kwong ^a   Fung, John Yat Chu ^b   Lam, Jolie Chi Yee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Council of Social Service   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Digital inclusion index; Disadvantaged groups; ICT

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449119788     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: 15228991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228830802459135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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