Multimodal Computer-Mediated Communication and Social Support among Older Chinese Internet Users
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Civic Engagement Among Older Chinese Internet Users
424 Manuscript received: July 11, 2007; final revision received: November 21, 2007; accepted: November 25, 2007. Author’s Note: This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0431373. The author would like to thank Kim Fortun, Ken Fleischmann, two anonymous reviewers, and the editor for their constructive comments on earlier versions of this manuscri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1083-6101,1083-6101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00417.x