Uses and gratifications of the web among students

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Ebersole, Samuel ^a,b  

^a University of Southern Colorado   (United States)

^b Malik and Seeme Hasan School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; EDUCATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER ADMINISTERED SURVEYS INSTRUMENTS; DYSFUNCTIONAL EFFECTS; STUDENT RESPONSE;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 2542588499     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2000.tb00111.x     Document Type: Article

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