Cell phones and places: The use of mobile technologies in Brazil

GeoJournal Library

Volumn 88, Issue , 2007, Pages 295-310

  de Souza e Silva, Adriana ^a  

^a North Carolina State University

Author keywords

Cell Phone; Digital Divide; Mobile Phone; Mobile Technology; Short Message Service

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103726921     PISSN: 09245499     EISSN: 22150072     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5427-0_19     Document Type: Chapter

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