Social Workers and Broadband Advocacy: Social Justice and Information Communications Technologies

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 291-305

  Kuilema, Joseph ^a  

^a CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

advocacy; broadband; digital divide; politics; social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877339973     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439312454266     Document Type: Article

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