Around the World Wide Web in 80 ways: How motives for going online are linked to Internet activities among politically interested Internet users

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 304-325

  Johnson, Thomas J ^a   Kaye, Barbara K ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Internet activities; Internet experience; Internet expertise; Uses and gratifications; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042575532     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439303253976     Document Type: Article

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