Mobile Communication and Civil Society: Linking Patterns and Places of Use to Engagement with Others in Public;La communication mobile et la société civile Les liens entre les types et lieux d'usage et les interactions avec les autres en public

Human Communication Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-222

  Campbell, Scott W ^a   Kwak, Nojin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 79952075435     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2010.01399.x     Document Type: Article

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