Texters not talkers: Phone call aversion among mobile phone users

PsychNology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-57

  Rettie, Ruth ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell phone; Mobile phone; Phone aversion; SMS; Text messages

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749147586     PISSN: 17207525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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