Communication, mediation, and the expectations of data: Data valences across health and wellness communities

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages 1466-1484

  Fiore Gartland, Brittany ^a   Neff, Gina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Big data; Communication technology; Ethnography; Health communication; Qualitative methods; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011556852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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