Internet and social support among Chinese migrants in Singapore

New Media and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1067-1084

  Chen, Wenli ^a   Choi, Alfred Siu Kay ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

computer mediated social support; intercultural adaptation; international migration; social support; Uses and Gratifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055143828     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444810396311     Document Type: Article

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