A Rural‐Urban Digital Divide?
Summary. This study examines the digital divide in Tanzania by surveying Internet café users across rural, semi-urban, and central regions. The researchers find that access differences stem primarily from the availability of physical venues with technology rather than user capability or behavior. Internet users and usage patterns are largely uniform across regions, with only minor variations.
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Furuholt, B., & Kristiansen, S.. (2007). A Rural‐Urban Digital Divide?. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1681-4835.2007.tb00215.x
Furuholt, Bjørn, and Stein Kristiansen. “A Rural‐Urban Digital Divide?.” The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1681-4835.2007.tb00215.x.
Furuholt, Bjørn, and Stein Kristiansen. 2007. “A Rural‐Urban Digital Divide?.” The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1681-4835.2007.tb00215.x.
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title = {A Rural‐Urban Digital Divide?},
author = {Bjørn Furuholt and Stein Kristiansen},
journal = {The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries},
year = {2007},
doi = {10.1002/j.1681-4835.2007.tb00215.x},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1681-4835.2007.tb00215.x}
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TY - JOUR TI - A Rural‐Urban Digital Divide? AU - Bjørn Furuholt AU - Stein Kristiansen JO - The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries PY - 2007 DO - 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2007.tb00215.x UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1681-4835.2007.tb00215.x ER -
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- DOI
- 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2007.tb00215.x
- Countries
- Tanzania
- Regions
- Africa
- Categories
- broadband-and-digital, rural-data-and-definitions
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- 2026-04-28