The gratification niches of personal e-mail and the telephone: Competition, displacement, and complementarity

Communication Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-248

  Dimmick, John ^a   Kline, Susan ^a   Stafford, Laura ^a  

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EID: 0034382451     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009365000027002005     Document Type: Article

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