Psychological and social influences on blog writing: An online survey of blog authors in Japan

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1452-1471

  Miura, Asako ^a,c   Yamashita, Kiyomi ^b,c  

^a KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

INFORMATION HANDLING; ONLINE SURVEYS; PRIVATE SELVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL PROCESS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT;

BLOGS;

EID: 34548280519     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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