Expressive Versus Consumptive Blog Use: Implications For Interpersonal Discussion And Political Participation

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 1538-1559

  Zúñiga, Homero Gil De ^a   Bachmann, Ingrid ^b   Hsu, Shih Hsien ^a   Brundidge, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

active versus inactive media use; Blogs; discussion networks; expressive versus consumptive blog use; political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053094054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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