Use of new media by Turkish fans in sport communication: Facebook and Twitter

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 165-176

  Özsoy, Selami ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

media; social networks; sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960256360     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-011-0033-x     Document Type: Article

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