Goading the discipline towards unity: Teaching communication in an internet environment—a policy research analysis

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-191

  Worley, David W ^a   Chesebro, James W ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic course; Communication education; Computer mediated communication; Instructional development; Internet; Policy research analysis; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944250996     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370209385655     Document Type: Article

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