Income disparity and digital divide: The Internet Consumption Model and cross-country empirical research

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 515-529

  Zhang, Xiaoqun ^a,b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 707 6 St Apt 6 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Diffusion; Global digital divide; Income disparity; Internet

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION; DIGITAL DIVIDE; INCOME DISPARITY; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION;

INTERNET;

EID: 84877746431     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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