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Information, Communication & Society Volume 14, 2011 - Issue 4: From Social Adoption to Social Effects: the fourth annual special issue of the iCS/communication and information technologies section of the American Sociological Association
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USING AFFORDABLE TECHNOLOGY TO DECREASE DIGITAL INEQUALITY

Results from Birmingham's One Laptop Per Child XO laptop project

Shelia R. Cotten Department of Sociology, University of Alabama – Birmingham, HHB 460, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Timothy M. Hale Department of Sociology, University of Alabama – Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA E-mail: [email protected]
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Michael Howell Moroney Department of Government, University of Alabama – Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA E-mail: [email protected]
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LaToya O'Neal Department of Sociology, University of Alabama – Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA E-mail: [email protected]
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Casey Borch Department of Sociology, University of Alabama – Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 424-444 | Received 14 Jan 2011, Accepted 27 Jan 2011, Published online: 12 Apr 2011

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