The psychology of blogging: You, me, and everyone in between

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-68

  Gurak, Laura J ^a   Antonijevic, Smiljana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity; Private; Psychology; Public; Weblogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349091303     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764208321341     Document Type: Article

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