An Urban communication audit: Measuring aspects of a 'communicative city'

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 257-273

  Jeffres, Leo W ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication audit; Communication patterns; Communicative city; Community; Media use; Networks; Urban communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949157704     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048508089951     Document Type: Article

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