Publications

Publication details [#56831]

Mesch, Gustavo S. 2012. Minority Status and the Use of Computer-Mediated Communication: A Test of the Social Diversification Hypothesis. Communication Research 39 (2) : 317–337.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

computer communication system | disadvantage | multiculturalism | professional language | social relationship

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

In multicultural societies, disadvantaged groups appear more motivated to employ computer-mediated communication (CMC) to enlarge business and professional contacts, whilst majority group members use CMC to support extant family bonds and friendships.