The quality of online and offline relationships: The role of multiplexity and duration of social relationships

Information Society

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-148

  Mesch, Gustavo ^a,b   Talmud, Ilan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Internet use; Online and offline social networks; Strength of ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646760940     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240600677805     Document Type: Review

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