Fourteen is fourteen and a girl is a girl: Validating the identity of adolescent bloggers

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 735-739

  Blinka, Lukas ^a   Smahel, David ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; BLOGGING; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 72149102170     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2009.0044     Document Type: Article

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