Coming to America: Need for acculturation and media use motives among Indian sojourners in the US

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 807-824

  Reece, Debra ^a,c   Palmgreen, Philip ^b  

^a BETHEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0034311791     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0147-1767(00)00033-x     Document Type: Article

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