Conceptualizing and measuring the social uses of the Internet: The case of personal web sites

Information Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 291-301

  Petrič, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Communicative action; Internet; Measures; Personal web sites; Social relations; Social uses; Strategic action

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749037738     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240600904159     Document Type: Review

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