Self as source: Agency and customization in interactive media

Mediated Interpersonal Communication

Volumn 9780203926864, Issue , 2008, Pages 58-74

  Sundar, S Shyam ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68849095144     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203926864     Document Type: Chapter

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