Beauty is in the eye of the QQ User: Instant messaging in China

Internationalizing Internet Studies: Beyond Anglophone Paradigms

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 265-284

  Koch, Pamela T ^a   Koch, Bradley J ^a   Huang, Kun ^b   Chen, Wei ^c  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 85075286984     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203891421-23     Document Type: Chapter

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