Reconfiguring friendships: Social relationships and the internet

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 591-618

  Gennaro, Corinna Di ^a   Dutton, William H ^b  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Friends; Internet use; Reconfiguration of social networks; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448947454     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180701657949     Document Type: Article

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