Digital divide and interrelated access gaps: A cognitive investigation

ECIS 2013 - Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Shahla, Ghobadi ^a   Zahra, Ghobadi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b IK International University   (Iran)

Author keywords

Access; Access gaps; Developing countries; Digital divide; Internet

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INTERNET;

ACCESS; ACCESS GAPS; CAUSAL MAPPING; DIGITAL DIVIDE; FOCUS GROUPS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PRIMARY SCHOOLS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84905851683     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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