Using E-mail to survey internet users in the United States: Methodology and assessment

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Sheehan, Kim Bartel ^a   Hoy, Mariea Grubbs ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EVALUATION; HTML; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; SURVEYING; TELEVISION; WEBSITES;

INTERNET POPULATION; INTERNET USERS; UNITED STATES;

INTERNET;

EID: 0037927580     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.1999.tb00101.x     Document Type: Review

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