Spinning the web of identity: The roles of the internet in the lives of immigrant adolescents

New Media and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-551

  Elias, Nelly ^a   Lemish, Dafna ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Former Soviet Union; Identity; Immigration; Integration; Internet; Israel; Safety; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949109927     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809102959     Document Type: Article

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