The digital divide in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: The barriers of first order and second order digital divide

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 147-164

  Tseng, Shu Fen ^a   You, Yu Ching ^b  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84917198075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203069769     Document Type: Chapter

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