Explaining digital inequalities in Israel: Juxtaposing the conflict and cultural perspectives

The Digital Divide: The Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 222-236

  Mesch, Gustavo ^a   Talmud, Ilan ^a   Kolobov, Tanya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Haifa ^*

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EID: 84914673448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203069769     Document Type: Chapter

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