When online meets offline: The effect of modality switching on relational communication

Communication Monographs

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-310

  Ramirez Jr , Artemio ^a   Zhang, Shuangyue ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer Mediated Communication; Modality Switching; Relational Communication; Social Information Processing Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548358848     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750701543493     Document Type: Article

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