Real friends: How the Internet can foster friendship

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-79

  Briggle, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cyberspace; Friendship; Internet; Online relationships

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CYBERSPACES; FRIENDSHIP; OFFLINE; ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

INTERNET;

EID: 46949100084     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-008-9160-z     Document Type: Article

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