Why would you decide to use an online dating site? Factors that lead to online dating

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-213

  Kang, Tanya ^a   Hoffman, Lindsay H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cmc; Hyperpersonal; Multitasking; Online dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960498848     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824096.2011.566109     Document Type: Article

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