Writing for friends and family: The interpersonal nature of blogs

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-140

  Stefanone, Michael A ^a   Jang, Chyng Yang ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c FAB 418   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; BLOGGERS; COMMUNICATION TOOLS; COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; MAINTENANCE TOOLS; NETWORK SIZE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SELF-DISCLOSURE;

BLOGS;

EID: 37249019131     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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