Olympics Everywhere: Predictors of Multiplatform Media Uses During the 2012 London Olympics

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 850-868

  Tang, Tang ^a   Cooper, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84890414795     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2013.804936     Document Type: Article

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