Transcending uses and gratifications: Media use as social action and the use of event history analysis

Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-153

  Westerik, Henk ^a   Renckstorf, Karsten ^a   Lammers, Jan ^a   Wester, Fred ^a  

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Author keywords

Action theory; Event history analysis; Media use; Social action; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349109070     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/COMMUN.2006.010     Document Type: Review

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