A cross-cultural analysis of imagined interactions

Human Communication Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 274-301

  McCann, Robert M ^a   Honeycutt, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746650435     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2006.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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