Bridging the generation gap in ICT use: Interrogating identity, technology and interactions in community telecenters

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-82

  Bailey, Arlene ^a   Ngwenyama, Ojelanki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Generation gap; ICT for development; Identity; Intergenerational interaction; Technology; Telecenter

Indexed keywords

GENERATION GAP; ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT; IDENTITY; INTERGENERATIONAL INTERACTIONS; TELECENTERS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

EID: 78650408576     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681100903566156     Document Type: Article

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