The quality of online social relationships

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 103-108

  Cummings, Jonathon N ^a   Butler, Brian ^c   Kraut, Robert ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0041527371     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/514236.514242     Document Type: Article

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