Contemporary digital divides in the United States

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Warf, Barney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband; Cyberspace; Digital divide; Internet; Mobile internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872607707     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2012.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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