The Implications of Social Capital for the Digital Divides in America

Information Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-25

  Chen, Wenhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

digital divides; embedded resources; social capital; strong ties; weak ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872592998     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2012.739265     Document Type: Article

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