Mass media use and social life among Internet users

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 490-501

  Robinson, John P ^a   Kestnbaum, Meyer ^a   Neustadtl, Alan ^a   Alvarez, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology; Internet; Mass media use; Personal computers; Social impacts; Time displacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034346089     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089443930001800411     Document Type: Article

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