Identification with online and offline communities: Understanding ICT disparities in Finland

Technology in Society

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 4-11

  Näsi, Matti ^a   Räsänen, Pekka ^a   Lehdonvirta, Vili ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age groups; Identification experiences; Internet; Online communities; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; FINLAND; ICT DISPARITIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; OFFLINE; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; PEER GROUPS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; SURVEY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; YOUNG POPULATION;

FINLAND;

EID: 79958721190     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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