“Glocal” patterns of communication-information convergences in Internet use: Cross-cultural behavior of international teaching assistants in a culturally alien information environment

International Information and Library Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-30

  Mehra, Bharat ^a   Papajohn, Dean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 33847368253     PISSN: 10572317     EISSN: 10959297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10572317.2007.10762728     Document Type: Article

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