The medium makes a difference: Gender similarities and differences in instant messaging

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-397

  Fox, Annie B ^a   Bukatko, Danuta ^b   Hallahan, Mark ^b   Crawford, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Gender di ferences; Instant messaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748939977     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X07306982     Document Type: Article

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