The silent community: Organizing zones in the digital divide

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 851-874

  Ganesh, Shiv ^a   Barber, Kirsty F ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Communities; Development; Digital divide; India; Information and Communication Technologies; Non Government Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649129292     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709104545     Document Type: Article

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