Rural community participation, social networks, and broadband use: Examples from localized and national survey data

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-171

  Stern, Michael J ^a   Adams, Alison E ^b   Boase, Jeffrey ^c  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband; Digital inequality; Rural sociology; Social networks; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455236163     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S106828050000798X     Document Type: Article

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