Friendships through IM: Examining the relationship between instant messaging and intimacy

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Hu, Yifeng ^a,b   Wood, Jacqueline Fowler ^a,b   Smith, Vivian ^a,b   Westbrook, Nalova ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 201 Carnegie Building   (United States)

^c 274 Chambers Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; INSTANT MESSAGING (IM); PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 21344463512     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2004.tb00231.x     Document Type: Review

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