Calling all ‘fiberhoods’: Google Fiber and the politics of visibility

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 311-316

  Halegoua, Germaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

broadband infrastructure; digital divide; Google Fiber; Kansas City; transformation; urban informatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930411456     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877913513690     Document Type: Article

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