Why Internet use? A quantitative examination of the role of everyday life and Internet policy and regulation

Technology in Society

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 73-83

  Tsatsou, Panayiota ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Everyday life; Internet use; Policy; Regulation; Resistance

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NATURE; DIGITAL DIVIDE; EVERYDAY LIFE; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; INFORMATION SOCIETY; INTERNET POLICY; INTERNET USE; INTERNET USERS; ON-LINE SECURITIES; ORDINARY PEOPLE; POLICY AND REGULATION; REGULATION; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES;

INTERNET;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

GREECE;

EID: 79958707276     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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