Designed for work, but not from here: Rural and remote perspectives on networked technology

Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS '12

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 176-185

  Melvin, Roberta M ^a   Bunt, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

networked technologies; qualitative studies; rural and remote environments

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND ACCESS; DISTRIBUTED WORK; HEALTH AND SAFETY; IN-SITU; LEVEL OF SERVICE; NETWORKED TECHNOLOGIES; QUALITATIVE STUDY; REMOTE COMMUNITIES; REMOTE ENVIRONMENT; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84864746511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2317956.2317984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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