Capturing methodological trends in mobile communication studies

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 627-642

  Taipale, Sakari ^a   Fortunati, Leopoldina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

methodology; mobile communication; theory; trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897978577     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2013.862562     Document Type: Article

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