Mobile Technologies and Youthful Exploration: Stimulus or Inhibitor?

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 587-605

  Leyshon, Michael ^a   DiGiovanna, Sean ^b   Holcomb, Briavel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of History/Social Studies   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GPS; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; RESEARCH WORK; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; NEW JERSEY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872835523     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012468897     Document Type: Article

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