A communicative interdependence perspective of close relationships: The connections between mediated and unmediated interactions matter

Journal of Communication

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 873-893

  Caughlin, John P ^a   Sharabi, Liesel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; PREDICTION;

EID: 84884977599     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12046     Document Type: Article

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