Assessing mobile phone communication utility preferences in a social support network

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-369

  LaRue, Elizabeth M ^a   Mitchell, Ann M ^a   Terhorst, Lauren ^a   Karimi, Hassan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Communication technologies; Mobile cell phones; Privacy; Support networks

Indexed keywords

CELL PHONE; COMMUNICATION PATTERN; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; COMMUNICATION UTILITIES; MOBILE CELL PHONES; PHYSICAL LOCATIONS; PRIVACY; PRIVACY CONCERNS; RESEARCH DOMAINS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT NETWORKS;

CELLS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION; MOBILE PHONES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 77955304965     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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