Tweeting fast matters, but only if i think about it: Information updates on social media

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 55-71

  Spence, Patric R ^a   Lachlan, Kenneth A ^b   Edwards, Autumn ^c   Edwards, Chad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMC; Health communication; Risk communication; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957432578     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463373.2015.1100644     Document Type: Article

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