The Social Construction of Mobile Telephony: An Application of the Social Influence Model to Perceptions and Uses of Mobile Phones within Personal Communication Networks

Communication Monographs

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-334

  Campbell, Scott W ^a   Russo, Tracy C ^b  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 1342331416     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0363775032000179124     Document Type: Article

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