Sex, blogs, and baring your soul: Factors influencing UK blogging strategies

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 345-355

  Fullwood, Chris ^a   Melrose, Karen ^b   Morris, Neil ^a   Floyd, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOGGERS; BLOGGING; COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; IDENTIFIABILITY; OFFLINE; ONLINE BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL INFORMATION; SELF-DISCLOSURE;

COMMUNICATION;

BLOGS;

EID: 84872934958     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22736     Document Type: Article

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