With a little help from my friends: An analysis of the role of social support in digital inequalities

New Media and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1508-1527

  Courtois, Cédric ^a   Verdegem, Pieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Digital inequalities; multiple access model; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983287947     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444814562162     Document Type: Article

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