Addressing digital inequality for the socioeconomically disadvantaged through government initiatives: Forms of capital that affect ICT utilization

Information Systems Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-253

  Hsieh, J J Po An ^a   Rai, Arun ^b   Keil, Mark ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital theory; Cultural capital; Digital divide; Digital inequality; Economic capital; Habitus; ICT policy; Social capital; Socioeconomic inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960724132     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1090.0256     Document Type: Article

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