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The Impact of ICT on Social Cohesion: Looking Beyond the Digital Divide

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Hüsing, T., Gareis, K., Korte, W.B. (2006). The Impact of ICT on Social Cohesion: Looking Beyond the Digital Divide. In: Dutta, S., De Meyer, A., Jain, A., Richter, G. (eds) The Information Society in an Enlarged Europe. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33156-5_4

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