MOVING ON-LINE? AN ANALYSIS OF PATTERNS OF ADULT INTERNET USE IN THE UK, 2002-2010

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-27

  White, Patrick ^a   Selwyn, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

digital divide; e commerce; e government; ICTs; social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871501386     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2011.611816     Document Type: Article

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