Social networks and cellphone use in Russia: Local consequences of global communication technology

New Media and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-293

  Lonkila, Markku ^a   Gladarev, Boris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Center for Independent Social Research   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cellphones; Mobile telecommunications; Post Soviet Russia; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749118875     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444807086473     Document Type: Article

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