Virtually Speaking: Girls' Self-Disclosure on the WWW

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 223-253

  Stern, Susannah R ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0041812062     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2002.10162447     Document Type: Article

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