The influence of social and cultural factors on mothers' domestication of household ICTs - Experiences of Chinese and Korean women

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-216

  Lim, Sun Sun ^a   Soon, Carol ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Gender roles; ICTs; Impact on household; Parental supervision; Technology domestication

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; CULTURAL FACTORS; ETHNOGRAPHIC INTERVIEWS; FAMILY DYNAMICS; GENDER ROLES; GENDER STUDIES; SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS; SOUTH KOREA;

TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 76749111029     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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