Digital divide: A discursive move away from the real inequities

Information Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Stevenson, Siobhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Digital divide; Digital exclusion; Digital inclusion; Public access computing; Public libraries; Universal access; Universal service

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449181498     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240802587539     Document Type: Article

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