Social welfare implications of the digital divide

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 377-386

  Kim, Eunjin ^a   Lee, Byungtae ^b   Menon, Nirup M ^c  

^a Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic decision making; Digital divide; Information gap; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949147079     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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