Patterns of media use and multiplexity: Associations with sex, geographic distance and friendship interdependence

New Media and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1187-1208

  Ledbetter, Andrew M ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Friendship; Interdependence; Interpersonal communication; Media choice; Media multiplexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449646437     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809342057     Document Type: Article

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