Informational reception apprehension and information from technology aversion: Development and test of a new construct

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-158

  Wheeless, Lawrence R ^a   Eddleman Spears, Libby ^a   Magness, Lee D ^a   Preiss, Raymond W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication apprehension; Computer anxiety; Information anxiety; Information seeking; Information technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 32244449048     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370500090845     Document Type: Article

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