Deploying for deliverance: A digital divide content analysis in municipal wireless networks documentation

Association for Information Systems - 12th Americas Conference On Information Systems, AMCIS 2006

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 745-753

  Ortiz, Julio Angel ^a   Tapia, Andrea H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Digital divide; Municipal wireless networks

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND TECHNOLOGIES; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DIGITAL DIVIDE; MUNICIPAL WIRELESS NETWORKS; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORKS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 84870030264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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