The Relationship Between Unwillingness-to-Communicate and Students' Facebook Use

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Sheldon, Pavica ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; online relationships; unwillingness to communicate; uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651232830     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105.20.2.67     Document Type: Article

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