'I'm there, but i might not want to talk to you'

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 526-543

  Quan Haase, Anabel ^a   Collins, Jessica L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication (CMC); Instant messaging (IM); Privacy; Social accessibility; Synchronous communication; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549086513     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180801999043     Document Type: Article

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