Local sociality in young people's mobile communications: A Korean case study

Childhood

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-174

  Yoon, Kyongwon ^a,b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Individualization; Korean youth; Local sociality; Mobile phones

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744928638     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568206062924     Document Type: Article

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