Digital Cities: The Internet and the Geography of Opportunity
- ISBN-10
- 0199812942
- ISBN-13
- 9780199812943
- Series
- Digital Cities
- Category
- Computer networks
- Pages
- 366
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Author
- Karen Mossberger
Description
Federal broadband policy has largely ignored urban areas, where most Americans live. Using an original and unprecedented multi-level analysis of access and use in low-income neighbourhoods, 'Digital Cities' tells the story of information technology use and inequality in American cities and metropolitan areas.
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- 2020
- 345 pages
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- Oxford University Press, USA
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