Using the Web to Snowball Discussants of Survey Respondents

Communication Methods and Measures

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 145-162

  Hopmann, David Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84866001367     PISSN: 19312458     EISSN: 19312466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19312458.2012.703832     Document Type: Article

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