Digital divide amongst urban youths in Malaysia - Myth or reality?

Asian Social Science

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 75-85

  Soh, Patrick C H ^a   Yan, Yap Liang ^a   Ong, Tze San ^b   Teh, Boon Heng ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Malaysia; Myth; Reality; Urban youths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870725130     PISSN: 19112017     EISSN: 19112025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v8n15p75     Document Type: Article

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