The emergence of a “digital underclass” in Great Britain and Sweden: Changing reasons for digital exclusion

New Media and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1253-1270

  Helsper, Ellen J ^a   Reisdorf, Bianca C ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital divide; digital inclusion; Great Britain; Internet non use; longitudinal research; motivation; social inequality; survey; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026761026     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444816634676     Document Type: Article

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