Digital inequality and place: The effects of technological diffusion on internet proficiency and usage across rural, Suburban, and Urban Counties

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-417

  Stern, Michael J ^a   Adams, Alison E ^b   Elsasser, Shaun ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350179980     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2009.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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