Sizing up information societies: Toward a better metric for the cultures of ICT adoption

Information Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 208-219

  Howard, Philip N ^a   Anderson, Ken ^b   Busch, Laura ^a   Nafus, Dawn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative methods; Digital divide; Metrics; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449514733     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240902848948     Document Type: Article

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