How do older netcitizens compare with their younger counterparts?

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 505-513

  Bucur, Alexander ^a,b   Renold III, Carl ^b   Henke, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033370522     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.1999.2.505     Document Type: Article

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