The contemporary US digital divide: from initial access to technology maintenance

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 234-248

  Gonzales, Amy ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dependable instability; digital divide; intermittent access; Internet access; social inequality; technology maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948586375     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2015.1050438     Document Type: Article

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