Seeking Mrs. Right: Uncertainty reduction in online surrogacy ads

Qualitative Research Reports in Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-33

  May, Amy ^a   Tenzek, Kelly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Surrogacy; Uncertainty reduction theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993498958     PISSN: 17459435     EISSN: 17459443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17459435.2011.601522     Document Type: Article

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