Computerization of polish households in social structural perspective: A dynamic analysis of the informatization process over 20 years

Polish Sociological Review

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 595-605

  Green, Brian E ^a   Kryszczuk, Maciej D ^b  

^a KEENE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KOZMINSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Informational society; Informatization; Internet; Occupational structure; Personal computers; Social change; Social stratification; Structural determinants

Indexed keywords

EID: 75449107228     PISSN: 12311413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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