Social network sites: Definition, history, and scholarship

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 210-230

  Boyd, Danah M ^a,c   Ellison, Nicole B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 102 South Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; EMERGENT PHENOMENON; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES; SPECIAL SECTIONS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 37249053884     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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