Mediated immediacy: A language of affiliation in a technological age

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 464-490

  O'Sullivan, Patrick B ^a   Hunt, Stephen K ^a   Lippert, Lance R ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Distance education; Immediacy; Interpersonal affiliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 10144243983     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X04269588     Document Type: Review

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