Don’t You Know What Causes That? Advice, Celebration, and Justification in a Large Families Bulletin Board

Communication Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 331-351

  Arnold, Lorin Basden ^a  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulletin boards; Justification; Large families; Narratives; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547286539     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970500319401     Document Type: Article

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