Minority Status and the Use of Computer-Mediated Communication: A Test of the Social Diversification Hypothesis

Communication Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-337

  Mesch, Gustavo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

communication channel choice; computer mediated communication; digital divide; social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860191489     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650211398865     Document Type: Article

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