Tackling the digital divide

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 754-767

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Digital divide; Digital inclusion; East Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349755871     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp026     Document Type: Article

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