An examination of motivations for using the World Wide Web

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-138

  Tewksbury, David ^a   Althaus, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 4243200094     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824090009388759     Document Type: Article

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