'Making MOOsic': The development of personal relationships on line and a comparison to their off-line counterparts

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 517-537

  Parks, Malcolm R ^a   Roberts, Lynne D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032339837     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407598154005     Document Type: Article

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