Online social networking, an Australian perspective

Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-57

  Young, Kirsty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Identity creation; Online social networking; Situated cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955025568     PISSN: 14490706     EISSN: 14490706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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