Owning and using new media technology as predictors of quality of life

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 237-251

  Wei, Ran ^a   Leung, Louis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY;

MEDIA TECHNOLOGY;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032256196     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5853(98)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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