Predictors and consequences of differentiated practices on social network sites

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 515-536

  Hargittai, Eszter ^a   Hsieh, Yu li Patrick ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Intensity; Online behaviour; Skills; Social network sites; Social practices; Web use

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953658891     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691181003639866     Document Type: Article

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