Commonality of web site visiting among countries

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1168-1177

  Huang, Chun Yao ^a   Chang, Shin Shin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON LANGUAGES; COMMONALITY INDICES; CYBERSPACE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INFORMATION BEHAVIOR; INTERNET TRAFFIC; INTERNET USERS; PANEL DATA; SOCIAL NORM;

INTERNET;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 66149140585     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21055     Document Type: Article

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