Blog readers: Predictors of reliance on war blogs

Blogging, Citizenship, and the Future of Media

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 165-184

  Johnson, Thomas ^a   Kaye, Barbara K ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 84909069169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203944196     Document Type: Chapter

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