"Hey you! just stopping by to say hi!": Communicating with friends and family on MySpace

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 677-696

  Walker, Kathleen ^a   Krehbiel, Michelle ^b   Knoyer, Leslie ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Emerging adulthood; Online communication; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649203656     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01494920903224251     Document Type: Article

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