How users take advantage of different forms of interactivity on online news sites: Clicking, e-mailing, and commenting

Human Communication Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-22

  Boczkowski, Pablo J ^a   Mitchelstein, Eugenia ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 83255162288     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2011.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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