The digital divide at work and home: The discourse about power and underrepresented groups in the information society

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2003, Pages 273-291

  Kvasny, Lynette ^a   Trauth, Eileen M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SOCIETY; LEVEL PLAYING FIELDS; POWER STRUCTURES; UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS; URBAN COMMUNITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84904317973     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35634-1_14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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