Internet connectedness before and after September 11 2001

New Media and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 611-631

  Kim, Yong Chan ^a,d   Jung, Joo Young ^b   Cohen, Elisia L ^c   Ball Rokeach, Sandra J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Communication infrastructure; Crisis; Internet; Internet connectedness; Los Angeles; Media dependency; September 11

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444235414     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146144804047083     Document Type: Review

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