Digital Living: The Impact (or Otherwise) of the Internet on Everyday British Life

The Internet in Everyday Life

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 139-163

  Anderson, Ben ^a   Tracey, Karina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET CONNECTION; INTERNET USAGE; TIME USE;

EID: 84957630712     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470774298.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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