Interest-oriented versus relationship-oriented social network sites in China

First Monday

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Weiyu ^a   Wang, Rong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 77956253929     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v15i8.2836     Document Type: Article

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