A critical analysis of current indexes for digital divide measurement

Information Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-28

  Bruno, Giuseppe ^a   Esposito, Emilio ^a   Genovese, Andrea ^a   Gwebu, Kholekile L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite indexes; Digital divide; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651079537     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2010.534364     Document Type: Article

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