Going to the Blogs: Toward the development of a uses and gratifications measurement scale for blogs

Atlantic Journal of Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 194-210

  Kaye, Barbara K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 79960546261     PISSN: 15456870     EISSN: 15456889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15456870.2010.505904     Document Type: Article

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