THE CONTENTIOUS GAP: From digital divide to cultural beliefs about online interactions

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1093-1114

  Harambam, Jaron ^a   Aupers, Stef ^b   Houtman, Dick ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cultural attitudes; digital divide; inequality; online social contact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881632713     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2012.687006     Document Type: Article

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