Motives for communicating with family and friends: A chinese study

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-123

  Anderson, Carolyn M ^a   Martin, Matthew M ^b   Zhong, Mei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Communication; Chinese Motives; Chinese Relationships; Intracultural Communication; Motives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933477028     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106461798247041     Document Type: Article

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