Avoiding computers: Does personality play a role?

Media Access: Social and Psychological Dimensions of New Technology Use

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 73-90

  Finn, Seth ^a   Korukonda, Appa Rao ^b  

^a ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410609663     Document Type: Chapter

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