The network in the garden: Designing social media for rural life

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1367-1388

  Gilbert, Eric ^a   Karahalios, Karrie ^a   Sandvig, Christian ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Rural; Social media; Social network sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950963030     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764210361690     Document Type: Article

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