Digital divide in universities: Internet use in ecuadorian universities

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Volumn 19, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 81-88

  Torres, Juan Carlos ^a   Infante, Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Digital inclusion; Information; Internauts; Internet use; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955178650     PISSN: 11343478     EISSN: 19883293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3916/C37-2011-02-08     Document Type: Article

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