Content and context: An exploration of the basic characteristics of information needs

New Media and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 329-353

  Bouwman, Harry ^a   Van De Wijngaert, Lidwien ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Context; ICT; Information need; Information technology; Media choice; New media; Policy capturing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036387231     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146144402320564383     Document Type: Article

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