Expanding the Impression Management Model of Communication Channels: An Information Control Scale

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-138

  Feaster, John Christian ^a  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

AFFORDANCES; FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATION; IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION CONTROL; ONE DIMENSION; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL INFORMATION; SOCIAL SKILLS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 79951819847     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2010.01535.x     Document Type: Article

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