Research note: A need or a status symbol? Use of cellular telephones in Turkey

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-254

  Özcan, Yusuf Ziya ^a   Koçak, Abdullah ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cellular phones; Developing countries; Turkey; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037795779     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323103018002004     Document Type: Article

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