'Extending Society': The role of personal networks and gratification- utilities in the use of interactive communication media

New Media and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 795-810

  Dimmick, John ^a   Ramirez Jr , Artemio ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Lin, Shu Fang ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Email; Gratifications; Instant messaging; Interactive communication technologies; Personal networks; Telephone

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348843457     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444807081225     Document Type: Article

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