Whose space is MySpace? A content analysis of MySpace profiles

First Monday

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Jones, Steve ^a,b   Millermaier, Sarah ^b   Goya Martinez, Mariana ^c   Schuler, Jessica ^b  

^a Department of Communication ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 51849140921     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v13i9.2202     Document Type: Article

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