Copresence as 'being with': Social contact in online public domains

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 565-583

  Zhao, Shanyang ^a   Elesh, David ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copresence; Internet; Online communication; Social network; Ubiquitous connectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549109577     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180801998995     Document Type: Article

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