Generation, education, gender, and ethnicity in American digital divides

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 196-222

  Losh, Susan Carol ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-699-0.ch011     Document Type: Chapter

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