Measuring online communication attitude: Instrument development and validation

Communication Monographs

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 463-486

  Ledbetter, Andrew M ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Friendship; Interpersonal communication; Media choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949095761     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750903300262     Document Type: Article

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