The digital divides in the U.S.: Access, broadband, and nature of internet use

Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 223-238

  Jackson, Linda A ^a   Fitzgerald, Hiram E ^a   von Eye, Alexander ^a   Zhao, Yong ^a   Witt, Edward A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-699-0.ch012     Document Type: Chapter

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