Mobile media: Coming of age with a big splash

Mobile Media and Communication

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-56

  Wei, Ran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connected presence; Mass communication; Mobile devices; Mobile internet; Mobile news; Mobile telephony; Network society; Wireless telecommunications system

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011708693     PISSN: 20501579     EISSN: 20501587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2050157912459494     Document Type: Article

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