Exploring web usage and selection criteria among male and female students

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Mitra, Ananda ^a   Willyard, Jennifer ^a,b   Platt, Carrie Anne ^a,c   Parsons, Michael ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TELEVISION SYSTEMS;

ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT; JUDGEMENT; PEDAGOGIC TOOLS; PHONE LINES;

WEBSITES;

EID: 21344469668     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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