Liberating or debilitating? An examination of romantic relationships, sexual relationships and friendships on the Net

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1837-1850

  Whitty, Monica T ^a  

^a Division of Psychology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet friendships; Internet relationships; Online relationships; Online sexuality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

(E ,2E) THEORY; CYBER SPACES; ELSEVIER (CO); MEDIA RICHNESS THEORY (MRT); SOCIAL PRESENCE;

LEAD;

EID: 45849136358     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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