Access to Technology in Transnational Social Fields: Simultaneity and Digital Literacy Socialization of Adult Immigrants

International Multilingual Research Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-48

  Noguerón Liu, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

community technology; digital literacies; immigrant families; online communication; social capital; transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873126606     PISSN: 19313152     EISSN: 19313160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19313152.2013.746801     Document Type: Article

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