Nonverbal communication expectancies about teachers and enrollment behavior in distance learning

Communication Education

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-154

  Witt, Paul L ^a   Wheeless, Lawrence R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Community college; Distance education; Distance learning; Enrollment; Expectancy; Immediacy; Nonverbal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033419895     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634529909379162     Document Type: Article

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