The information society revisited

Handbook of New Media: Social Shaping and Social Consequences of ICTs

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 443-457

  Webster, Frank ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84951178061     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446211304.n22     Document Type: Chapter

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