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Sinking the Flagship: Why Communication Studies is Better Without One 沉没旗舰:为什么没有旗舰传播学更好

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International Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2015-04-15 DOI: 10.33767/osf.io/487qe

J. Pooley

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引用次数: 3

Opinion Leadership| Influence Versus Selection: A Network Perspective on Opinion Leadership 意见领导|影响与选择:网络视角下的意见领导

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International Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2015-03-30 DOI: 10.5167/UZH-186616

Thomas N. Friemel

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引用次数: 18

Opinion Leadership| Mediatized Opinion Leaders: New Patterns of Opinion Leadership in New Media Environments? 意见领导|媒介化意见领袖:新媒体环境下意见领导的新模式?

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International Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2015-03-30 DOI: 10.5167/UZH-114938

Mike S. Schäfer, Monika Taddicken

引用次数: 46

A Wideband Widebeam Tapered Slot Array Antenna for Active Electronically Scanned Array Antenna 一种用于有源电子扫描阵列天线的宽带宽波束锥形缝隙阵列天线

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International Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.14355/IJC.2015.04.002

B. Lekshmi, I. Raglend

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引用次数: 3

Higher Education and the Adoption of Cloud Computing Technology in Africa 非洲的高等教育和云计算技术的采用

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International Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.14355/IJC.2015.04.001

Mboungou Mouyabi Seke

引用次数: 21

Opinion leadership revisted: A classical concept in achanging media environment 重新审视意见领导:媒介环境变迁中的经典概念

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International Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.5167/UZH-114937

Mike S. Schäfer, Monika Taddicken

引用次数: 4

The Reinvention of the Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) System in Higher Education in Africa 非洲高等教育组织关系管理(CRM)系统的再造

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International Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.14355/IJC.2015.04.003

Mboungou Mouyabi Seke

引用次数: 3

Rena Bivens, Digital Currents: How Technology and the Public Are Shaping TV News 瑞娜·比文斯，《数字潮流:科技和公众如何塑造电视新闻

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International Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2014-11-14 DOI: 10.5860/choice.52-0659

M. Kearney

引用次数: 0

The Analysis of Performance for Priority Distinction Double-queue and Double-server Communication Network 优先级区分双队列双服务器通信网络的性能分析

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International Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2014-09-30 DOI: 10.2495/CCEEE140271

J. Xiong, Zhijun Yang, H. Ding, Qianlin Liu

引用次数: 1

Sarah Nilsen and Sarah E. Turner (Eds.), The Colorblind Screen: Television in Post-Racial America Sarah Nilsen和Sarah E. Turner(编)，《色盲屏幕:后种族美国的电视》

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International Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2014-07-02 DOI: 10.5860/choice.51-6570

Dayna Chatman

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引用次数: 1