Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). 25 pages, Researchers analyzed the spatial dimension and socioeconomic determinants of social media utilization in 3,109 counties in the United States. Subsamples involved metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural regions. Findings compared usage of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and all social media, by region of the nation.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06819
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Pages 107-117 in Massimo Ragnedda and Glenn W. Muschert (eds.), The digital divide: the internet and social inequalities in international perspective. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, Abingdon, Oxon, UK. 324 pages.
Tseng, Shu-Fen (author) and You, Yu-Ching (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
Taiwan
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06822
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Pages 147-164 in Massimo Ragnedda and Glenn W. Muschert (eds.), The digital divide: the internet and social inequalities in international perspective. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, Abingdon, Oxon, UK. 324 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D07406
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Online from Free Press, Florence, Massachusetts. 2 pages., Provides links to stories and video case examples of the experiences and circumstances of those who lack access to broadband information services for a variety of reasons.
Online from the New Yorker., Fibre-optic cables strung above a home in Jackson County, Kentucky, one of the poorest countries in the country. High-speed broadband has been used to bring internet-based jobs to the region.