The advanced use of mobile phones in five European countries

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 317-337

  Fortunati, Leopoldina ^a   Taipale, Sakari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Advanced use; Convergence; Europe; Mobile phone; Social stratification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL PHONES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906074492     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12075     Document Type: Article

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