Antecedents and consequences of social media utilization in college teaching: A proposed model with mixed-methods investigation

On the Horizon

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-306

  Cao, Yingxia ^a   Hong, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antecedents; Consequences; Social media; Social media utilization; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053336875     PISSN: 10748121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10748121111179420     Document Type: Article

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