The role of friends' appearance and behavior on evaluations of individuals on facebook: Are we known by the company we keep?

Human Communication Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-49

  Walther, Joseph B ^a   Van Der Heide, Brandon ^a   Kim, Sang Yeon ^a   Westerman, David ^b   Tong, Stephanie Tom ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38049026427     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2007.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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