Mothers' use of information and communication technologies for information seeking

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 221-227

  Jang, Juyoung ^a   Dworkin, Jodi ^b   Hessel, Heather ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTHER; SOCIAL NETWORK; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MOTHERS; PARENTING; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84928042348     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0533     Document Type: Article

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