Personal computers, mass media, and use of time

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-82

  Robinson, John P ^a   Earth, Kevin ^a   Kohut, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Pew Research Center s   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiences; Information technology; Mass media; Personal computers; Social impacts; Time displacements

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444432026     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089443939701500107     Document Type: Article

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