Online posting anxiety: Impacts on blogging

Chinese Journal of Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-222

  Liu, Xun ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogging; In depth interviews; Online posting anxiety; Social cognitive theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960902145     PISSN: 17544750     EISSN: 17544769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17544751003740391     Document Type: Article

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