The Social Sciences

Year: 2014
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Page No. 195 - 199

Gratification towards Weather Information via Television:An Analysis of the Coastal Communities in Malaysia

Authors : Zaim Fahmi Mohamed Yusof, Nurani Kamaruddin, Siti Zobidah Omar, Jusang Bolong, Jeffrey Lawrence D`Silva and Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril

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