Online infidelity in Internet chat rooms: an ethnographic exploration

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-31

  Mileham, Beatriz Lia Avila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chat rooms; Cyber relationships; Internet; Interpersonal interactions; Online relationships; Sexual attraction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INTERNET; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CHAT ROOMS; CYBER-RELATIONSHIPS; INTERPERSONAL INTERACTIONS; ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS; SEXUAL ATTRACTION;

ONLINE CONFERENCING;

EID: 33747808895     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2004.03.033     Document Type: Article

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