Information-saturated yet ignorant: information mediation as social empowerment in the knowledge economy

Library Review

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 369-372

  Wallis, Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information society; Knowledge; Literacy; Social dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172623     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530310493770     Document Type: Article

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