Young girls’ affective responses to access and use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in information-poor societies

Library and Information Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-133

  Bilal, Dania ^a   Jopeck, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective responses; Developing countries; Gendered digital divide; ICT; Information poor societies; Young girls

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907197559     PISSN: 18760562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1876-056220140000010048     Document Type: Article

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