Gaydar: Facebook friendships expose sexual orientation

First Monday

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Jernigan, Carter ^a   Mistree, Behram F T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 71649097455     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v14i10.2611     Document Type: Article

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