Digital Inequality and Participation in the Political Process: Real or Imagined?

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 589-600

  Morris, David S ^a   Morris, Jonathan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

digital divide; Internet; political participation; social inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883651233     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439313489259     Document Type: Article

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