"I am sorry to send you SPAM": Cross-cultural differences in use of apologies in email advertising in Korea and the U.S.

Human Communication Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 365-398

  Park, Hee Sun ^a   Lee, Hye Eun ^a   Song, Jeong An ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 481 CAS ^*

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EID: 26444504100     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hcr/31.3.365     Document Type: Article

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