Digital media and the generation gap

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 388-407

  Clark, Lynn Schofield ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Domestication of ICTs; Parents; Qualitative research; Sociology; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650970425     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180902823845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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